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imam

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
imam /ɪˈmɑːm/

▶noun

1 the person who leads prayers in a mosque.

2 (Imam) a title of various Muslim leaders, especially of one succeeding Muhammad as leader of Shiite Islam.

– derivatives
imamate noun.

– origin from Arab. 'imām ‘leader’.

'imam' also found in these Oxford entries:

Imam Bayildi - Ismaili - Mahdi - Nizari

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