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Imamite

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[ih-mah-mahyt] / ɪˈmɑ maɪt /
Also Imami

noun

Islam.
  1. a member of the principal sect of Shiʿah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. a.d. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.


Etymology

Origin of Imamite

imam + -ite 1


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