IMAM; IMAN; IMAUM

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.

2.
n.

A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.


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