English > religious leader: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | leader of a religious order. |
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| Instances | Al-hakim | An Ismaili caliph of Egypt who declared himself an incarnation of God and founded the Druze religious sect (985-1021) |
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| Asanga | Indian religious leader and founder of the Yogacara school of Buddhism in India (4th century) |
| Joshua | (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites / Israelites into the Promised Land |
| Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini | Iranian religious leader of the Shiites |
| Mahdi | (Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion |
| Moon, Sun Myung Moon | United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954 |
| Nanak, Guru Nanak | Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism |
| Russell, Charles Taze Russell | United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916) |
| Seton, Elizabeth Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, Mother Seton | United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821) |
| Wise, Isaac Mayer Wise | United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900) |
| Wise, Stephen Samuel Wise | United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949) |
| Young, Brigham Young | United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith |
| Narrower | Guru | Each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion |
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| ayatollah | A high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well |
| guru | A Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher |
| Broader | leader | A person who rules or guides or inspires others |
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| religious person | A person who manifests devotion to a deity |
| Spanish | líder religioso |
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