imaum
- a variation of imam.
Example Sentences
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Calling to one of his council, that same old imaum who had planned the casting of the lots, the Sultan spoke with him aside.
From The Brethren by Haggard, Henry Rider
They passed down long passages; they came to a door which the imaum, who hobbled in front, unlocked.
From The Brethren by Haggard, Henry Rider
"Now," muttered the imaum into the ear of his master, "now at length we shall learn which it is of these two men that the lady loves."
From The Brethren by Haggard, Henry Rider
The men attacked the meal ravenously, while the imaum, seated tailorwise on a low divan, watched them with studious gravity.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Religious Services.—The imaum came once to hold a Mahometan service, but the interned women expressed no desire that he should repeat his visit.
From Turkish Prisoners in Egypt A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross by International Committee of the Red Cross
