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Definition of Imamate
1. Noun. (alternative capitalization of imamate), especially when referring to a specific imamate. ¹
2. Noun. (Islam) The office or jurisdiction of an imam. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imamate
1. the office of an imam [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imamate
Literary usage of Imamate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Reformer on the Throne: Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said by Sergey Plekhanov (2004)
"According to Wilkinson, the imamate reflected tribal expectations of social ...
The destruction of the semi-states within the imamate weakened the country ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"The essence of the imamate is a light which passed directly from Mohammed to Ali
and passes from one Imam to the next. By virtue of this light the Imam ..."
3. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1871)
"Ibn-Kaisar says : " I have not been able to find the date when allegiance was
given to him, nor how long he retained the imamate." In another place he says: ..."
4. History of the Imâms and Seyyids of ʾOmân by Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq (1871)
"On the departure of the Sultan he used to resume the imamate, saying to those
around him : " the government belongs to God, ..."
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