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batinism

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Bat⋅in⋅ism

[bat-n-iz-uhm]
–noun Islam.
a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.

Origin:
partial trans. of Ar bāṭiniyyah, equiv. to bāṭin inner, hidden + -iyyah abstract n. suffix
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