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i·mam
/
ɪˈmɑm
/
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[
ih-
mahm
]
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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.
Also,
i·maum
/
ɪˈmɑm
,
ɪˈmɔm
/
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[
ih-
mahm
,
ih-
mawm
]
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.
Origin:
1605–15;
<
Arabic
imām
leader, guide
Related forms
i·mam·ship,
noun
Can be confused:
clergy
,
cleric
,
imam,
minister
,
pastor
,
priest
,
rabbi
.
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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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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.
Kuchlug had forbidden them to worship and had even crucified an
imam
.
Afzali, an
imam
who was also an infrequent police informant, was sentenced.
Many times those same things vary from
imam
to
imam
and decade to decade.
Nothing brings the
imam
more joy than guiding them to marriage.
El-Gamal said he would no longer have an
imam
as the center's public face.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
imam
or
imaum
(ɪˈmɑːm, ɪˈmɔːm)
—
n
1.
a leader of congregational prayer in a mosque
2.
a caliph, as leader of a Muslim community
3.
an honorific title applied to eminent doctors of Islam, such as the founders of the orthodox schools
4.
any of a succession of either seven or twelve religious leaders of the Shiites, regarded by their followers as divinely inspired
[C17: from Arabic: leader, from
amma
he guided]
imaum
or
imaum
—
n
[C17: from Arabic: leader, from
amma
he guided]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
imam
1613, from Ar., lit. "leader," lit. "one who precedes," from amma "to go before, precede."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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