Definition of "jurisprudent" []

• Versed in jurisprudence. (adjective)
• See jurist. (noun)

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• "This is not the tradition of the Iranian people, but it is standard operating procedure for Iran's supposedly supreme "jurisprudent," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei."
• "That call constitutes a direct repudiation of the doctrine of velayat-e faqih rule of the jurisprudent, which makes Iran's clerical elite the ultimate arbiters of politics and justice."
• "After the revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took the Shiite concept of the Rightly Guided Imam and created the idea of Vilayet-i-faqih, which means the rule of the jurisprudent."