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‘A leader can be spiritual.’

[⟨det leader.n⟩ spiritual.a]

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In Wikipedia:

Laufilitonga, however, had ambitions to restore the power of the Tui Tonga and tried to extend his role as spiritual leader into a more political one.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“After hearing their replies, I think to myself what would have occurred if Mahatma Gandhi, an accomplished politician and spiritual leader of India, listened to skeptics and did nothing concerning the plight of India’s fractured sovereignty and welfare.
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Upon the untimely death of his father – in – law in 1935, Rabbi Lifshitz became chief rabbi of the important city and its 27 congregations, where he developed a reputation as a warm and involved spiritual leader, concerned with all Jews.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Never will I ever claim to be a spiritual leader, but I AM officially a minister in the Universal Life Church.
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Most of its cadres later defected to the Taliban, including the spiritual leader of the Taliban Mohammed Omar.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Spiritual leader Asaram Bapu faces more trouble as the Gujarat High Court Tuesday ordered a police case to be filed against his ashram here in connection with an attack on journalists last month.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The spiritual leader of the world’s Anglicans urged church leaders Sunday not to consecrate any other gay bishops, for now.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

For the past five decades, the Aga Khan has been the spiritual leader and Imam of the 15 million Ismaili Muslims in a world that has changed dramatically.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The spotlight is back on Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams today after letters emerged in which the spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion says gay relationships could’ ’ reflect the love of God’ ’ in a way comparable to marriage, according to media reports.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The fact is, layfolks could care less about conference membership and clergy classifications; they want a spiritual leader.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Here’s a conversation with Raz Hartman, musician and spiritual leader – this website from the Jerusalemite Blog.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And, for me, it is not an exaggeration that He is the farthest from it of any man or avtar or any spiritual leader I know in my life.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Paul then cited Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian spiritual leader who led nonviolent demonstrations to promote the independence of India from Great Britain, and Martin Luther King, who used the same nonviolent techniques on behalf of the American civil rights movement in the 1960s, as examples of physical protest.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Such decisions about using life – support technology should ultimately be made by the patient whenever possible, after prayerful consultation with a Christian doctor and a respected spiritual leader.
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In Wikipedia:

Dovber Schneuri’ “(1773 – 11–13 – 1827–11 – 16 OS) was the second Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic movement.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And as a result, many of his fellow travellers, I’d assume, are confused as to what their spiritual leader really believes.
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This was done due to a prophecy by the ascetic Asita, who predicted that Siddhartha would renounce the throne to become a spiritual leader were he to contemplate human suffering.
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In Project Gutenberg:

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Certainly, many people do want their yoga teacher to be a kind of spiritual leader / guru to them.
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Queried on 2013-06-19.