IMÂM
\ɪmˈam], \ɪmˈam], \ɪ_m_ˈa_m]\
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i-mam', IMAUM, i-mawm', n. the officer who in Mohammedan mosques recites the prayers and leads the devotions of the faithful--in Turkey also superintending circumcisions, marriages, and funerals. [Ar. im[=a]m, chief.]
By Thomas Davidson