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Ismaʿilian

Also Is·ma·ʿil·i
Also

[is-mey-il-ee-uhn]

noun

Islam.
  1. a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ismaʿilian1

First recorded in 1830–40; from Arabic ismāʿīlī, equivalent to Ismāʿīl (died a.d. 760), elder son of the imam Jaʿfar, but disinherited by his father + a suffix indicating relationship or origin) + -an

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