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imambara

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i⋅mam⋅ba⋅rah

  [i-mahm-bah-rah]
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–noun Islam. (in India)
1. a building, rooms, etc., used by Shiʿites for ceremonies, esp. during the first 10 days of Muharram.
2. a large tomb.
Also, i⋅maum⋅ba⋅ra, i⋅maum⋅bar⋅ra, i⋅mam⋅ba⋅ra.

Origin:
1830–40; < Hindi imāmbārā < Ar imām imam + Hindi bārā enclosure; cf. Skt vāṭa fence, enclosure
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