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Ismaʿilian

American  
[is-mey-il-ee-uhn] / ˌɪs meɪˈɪl i ən /
Also Ismaʿili

noun

Islam.

  1. a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect.

Etymology

Origin of Ismaʿilian

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 + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin) + -an

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