Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The office of an imam.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or function of an imam; the califate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Islam The office or jurisdiction of an
imam .
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Examples
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The very first Islamic schism between the Sunni's literally-deist absolutism, and the anthropomorphic rationalism based on the imamate and the cult of saints in the Shiism, had its early beginnings in Egypt.
Amir Madani: ElBaradei Against the Mummified Power of Pharaoh 2010
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What we are witnessing is a contest between the Shiite idea of an imamate, where, essentially, God is the head of state, versus the Republic, in which the people rule.
Nathan Gardels: Will Iran Look More Like Turkey, or Turkey Like Iran? 2009
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The latter saying has been particularly important for Shias who used it in support of for the right of Muhammad's descendants to the imamate.
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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The authorities have accused the rebels of seeking to restore the Zaidi Shiite imamate that ruled in Sanaa until its overthrow in a 1962 republican coup that sparked eight years of civil war.
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Yemeni authorities have accused the rebels of seeking to restore the Zaidi Shiite imamate that ruled in Sanaa until its overthrow in a 1962 republican coup that sparked eight years of civil war.
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The authorities have accused the rebels of seeking to restore the Zaidi Shiite imamate that ruled in Sanaa until its overthrow in a 1962 republican coup that sparked eight years of civil war.
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The authorities have accused the rebels of seeking to restore the Zaidi Shiite imamate that ruled in Sanaa until its overthrow in a 1962 republican coup that sparked eight years of civil war.
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The authorities have accused the rebels of seeking to restore the Zaidi Shiite imamate that ruled in Sanaa until its overthrow in a 1962 republican coup that sparked eight years of civil war.
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Yemeni authorities have accused the rebels of seeking to restore the Zaidi Shiite imamate that ruled in Sanaa until its overthrow in a 1962 republican coup that sparked eight years of civil war.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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Yemeni authorities have accused the rebels of seeking to restore the Zaidi Shiite imamate that ruled in Sanaa until its overthrow in a 1962 republican coup that sparked eight years of civil war.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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