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Ismailis

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Is⋅ma⋅ʿil⋅i⋅an

  [is-mey-il-ee-uhn]
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–noun Islam.
a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect.
Also, Is⋅ma⋅ʿil⋅i  [is-mey-il-ee] .
Also called Sevener.

Origin:
1830–40; < Ar ismāʿīlī (equiv. to Ismāʿīl (died a.d. 760), elder son of the imam Jaʿfar, but disinherited by his father + -ī suffix of appurtenance) + -an
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Is·ma·i·li   (ĭs'mä-ē'lē)   
n.   pl. Is·ma·i·lis also Is·ma·i·li·ans
A member of a branch of Shiism that follows a living imam and is noted for esoteric philosophy.

[Arabic Isma'īlīy, after Isma'īl (died 760), son of the sixth imam, Jafar (700?-765).]
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