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i⋅mam

  [i-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  [i-mahm, i-mawm] .

Origin:
1605–15; < Ar imām leader, guide

Related forms:
i⋅mam⋅ship, noun
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imam 
1613, from Ar., lit. "leader," lit. "one who precedes," from amma "to go before, precede."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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