ismailiya

American

[is-mey-uh-lee-uh, ‑mahy-uh‑] / ˌɪs meɪ əˈli ə, ‑maɪ ə‑ /

noun

Islam.

a branch of Shiʿism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druze, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Ismaʿil to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali.
Ismailia.

From Arabic Īsmāʿīlīyah; Ismaʿilian

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