(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.
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Examples for "imam "
Examples for "imam "
1 He would tell the great imam that there was a new recruit.
2 The imam , known as Sheikh Maymoun, was blind from a young age.
3 The imam 's cell was open when he got there two minutes later.
4 Perhaps most shockingly, the relative went on to become an imam himself.
5 The imam opened a cupboard and pulled out a bottle of water.
1 Even the imaum 's soldiers will lend us a hand, if we need it.
2 Four neighbours carried the corpse on their shoulders to the burying-ground, following the imaum , who recited some prayers.
3 Each has an imaum , but the kadi is their head, of which dignity he seems not a little proud.
4 There is one priest ( imaum ) .
5 Four old men of this neighbourhood, who are people of the same stamp, meet regularly every day at this imaum 's house.
6 The imaum of the division I live in is a surly curmudgeon, of an austere countenance, and the greatest hypocrite in the world.
7 S. Because my grandfather Imaum Ali, son of Abou Talib, was one of it.
8 Imaums , Brahmins, priests of Jupiter, priests of Baal, are all to be held sacred.
9 On our return, four Malay women, including the Imaum 's wife, came to see me.
10 The despair of the ladies and the advice of the Imaum to Soliman the Magnificent.
11 Imaums take religious charge, and the prisoners have full liberty to carry out their daily worship.
12 The Imaum of Muscat carries on a large trade in opium between the Red Sea and China.
13 Three imaums (priests) were not classed with the officers, as they had served as privates.
14 That over and finished midst the deepest silence, an Imaum takes Reschid Pasha's place in the pulpit.
15 The Imaum of Muscat is passionately fond of horses, and devotes considerable time and attention to their breeding.
16 The Imaum appears to be the highest functionary, and performs what are regarded as the most sacred rites of Islamism.
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