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Noun

religious leader - leader of a religious order

leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others

religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity

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

Guru - each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion

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Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama posted a message on his Facebook Friday (June 7) which some interpreted as a comment on his recent experiences.

Dalai Lama calls on learning from the past to shape the future

That you are a religious leader does not mean you have to be neutral when your people are being maimed and killed on daily basis.

Religious Leaders, As Watchdogs, Should Speak Truth To Power -Onuesoke

A religious leader, who is also a WAK member, emphasised the commendable role of religious leaders as an asset in peacemaking.

Role of religion in peacemaking stressed

BAJAUR: Two, including a local religious leader, were killed in a remote-controlled blast on Thursday.

Two killed in Bajaur explosion

QUETTA -- The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl leaders on Friday held protest demonstrations and took out rallies across Balochistan against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi and the murder of religious leader Maulana Samiul Haq.

JUI-F protests against acquittal of Aasia Bibi

QUETTA: The Jamiyat Ulma e Islam Fazal ur Rehman (JUI F) on Friday launched protests and rallies across Balochistan against acquittal of Asia Bibi and murder of religious leader Maulana Sami ul Haq.

JUI F Balochistan protest against Asia Bibi's acquittal

If a religious leader orders the killing of innocent people in the name of religion, he ceases to be a faithful follower of his own religion.

Pseudo 'gurus'

NAJAF/ Aswat al-Iraq: Renowned religious leader Ali Sistani received today Iranian foreign minister Mohammed Jawad Zareef.

Zareef received by religious leader Sistani

"It's a clear trend in the direction of disapproval of religious leader involvement in politics," Chaves said.

Church-based politics: the American people vote a resounding no

Beginning in October 2009, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Carroll, USMC (Ret.), and Patricio Asfura-Heim began to develop a religious leader engagement program for II Marine Expeditionary Brigade (IIMEB) that addressed the tendency for religious leaders to be ignored in military and diplomatic engagements.

Religious leader engagement in Southern Afghanistan

It may take many years to become a religious leader because the role is often based on knowledge, experience and standing within the religion.

Man of the cloth; So you want to be a..