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imaamate

imaamate is the alternative form of imamate.

Meaning of imamate

Noun

imamate (plural imamates)

  1. The office or jurisdiction of an imam.
    • The Mahometans do not agree among themselves about this imamate, or dignity of the imam. Some think it of divine right, and attached to a single family, as the pontificate of Aaron. Others hold, that it is, indeed, of divine right, but deny it to be so attached to any single family, as that it may...1819, Abraham Rees, “Imam”, in The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, volume 18

Forms of imaamate

pluralimaamates

Questions about imaamate

What is imaamate the alternative form of?
Imaamate is the alternative form of imamate.

Words near imaamate in the dictionary

  1. IM'd
  2. im-
  3. ima
  4. Ima'
  5. imaam
  6. imaamate
  7. imaamates
  8. imaams
  9. Imabari
  10. iMac
  11. iMacintosh

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