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Imam (gcide) | Imam \I*mam"\, Iman \I*man"\, Imaum \I*maum"\, n. [Ar. im[=a]m.]
1. Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs
the regular service of the mosque.
[1913 Webster]
2. A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed,
unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.
[1913 Webster] |
imam (wn) | imam
n 1: (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites
an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and
law and a spiritual guide [syn: imam, imaum] |
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imam (encz) | imam, n: |
imam (wn) | imam
n 1: (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites
an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and
law and a spiritual guide [syn: imam, imaum] |
imamu amiri baraka (wn) | Imamu Amiri Baraka
n 1: United States writer of poems and plays about racial
conflict (born in 1934) [syn: Baraka, {Imamu Amiri
Baraka}, LeRoi Jones] |
mimamsa (wn) | Mimamsa
n 1: (from the Sanskrit word for `reflection' or
`interpretation') one of six orthodox philosophical systems
or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and
the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on
the Upanishads |
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