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Definition of Ismaili

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a branch of Shiism that is noted for its esoteric philosophy.

2. Noun. An adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ismaili

Islanders Islay Isle Royal National Park Isle of Man Isle of Sheppey Isle of Skye Isle of White Isle of Wight Isle of Wighter Isleib

Isles of Scilly Islets of Langerhans Islington Ismaeli Ismail Ismaili (current term) Ismailian Ismailism Isobel Isocrates

Isoetaceae Isoetales Isoetes Isoko Isolde Isole Egadi Isoptera Isoptin Isopyrum Isopyrum biternatum

Literary usage of Ismaili

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In Darkest Africa; Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... report on his journey—Reports of Captain Nelson and Surgeon Parke—The process of blood brotherhood between myself and Ismaili—We leave ..."

2. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... report on his journey—Reports of Captain Nelson and Surgeon Parke—The process of blood brotherhood between myself and Ismaili—We leave ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1876)
"... but by degrees to bring his mind to the persuasion that this promised Messiah can ho none other than Ah', the great Messiah of the Ismaili system. ..."

4. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"Various other reports attributed the unrest to the closure of two Ismaili Shi'a mosques and the provincial governor's refusal to permit Ismailis to hold ..."

5. Strategic Transformation and Naval Power in the 21st Century by Pelham G. Boyer, Robert S. Wood (1998)
"In the local Ismaili chronicles of Alamut [in present-day Iran] . . . there is a roll of honor of ... (The Ismaili movement is a variant of Shia Islam.) 35. ..."

6. The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley by Henry Morton Stanley (1909)
"... dismissed his only white companion, and soon after plunged into the Great Forest, where he came across an old acquaintance, Ismaili, who, in 1887, ..."

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