Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a sect of Shiite Mohammedans who maintained that Ismail was the seventh and last of the true imams, and that their chief was his vicegerent on earth.
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- noun an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism
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Examples
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The Ismailian is the fashionable quarter of the city, and it is said that many wealthy citizens have left their former luxurious native homes for a modern residence in the new section.
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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Fine new streets, public buildings and residences, are seen everywhere in the Ezbekieh and Ismailian quarters of the city, while certain sections suggest a European capital.
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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An Ismailian said, 'Truth is very difficult to find, and the road to it is strewn with obstacles; so-called proofs are mutually contradictory, and the speculations of philosophers cannot be trusted.
Mystics and Saints of Islam Claud Field 1902
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