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noun Islam.
1.
the officiating priest of a mosque.
2.
the title for a Muslim religious leader or chief.
3.
one of a succession of seven or twelve religious leaders, believed to be divinely inspired, of the Shiʿites.
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Imam
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Example Sentences
- Two months earlier, it had been the turn of the former imam at the mosque.
- The imam was round and jolly and sat cross-legged under a whirring ceiling fan.
- When the sun set an imam came out to chant the evening prayer.
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Word Origin & History
imam
1613, from Ar., lit. "leader," lit. "one who precedes," from amma "to go before, precede."
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