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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  A  Mohammedan  prince  who  as  a  successor  of  Mohammed, 
  unites  in  his  person  supreme  spiritual  and  temporal  power. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  imam 
  n  :  (Islam)  the  man  who  leads  prayers  in  a  mosque  [syn:  {imaum}] 




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