imam

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Neither imam was available for an interview on Friday, the Muslim day of worship.

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  1. noun In law and theology, the caliph who is successor to Muhammad as the lawful temporal leader of the Islamic community.
  2. noun The male prayer leader in a mosque.
  3. noun The Muslim worshiper who leads the recitation of prayer when two or more worshipers are present.
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  • When it was destroyed by a mob stirred up by a radical imam, they had emigrated to New South Wales, where they had relatives, and Najwa had gone with them. —  Asimov's SF, July 2007
  • The imam is a cute Egyptian man who fully embraces all the cheek-kisses. —  HijabMan - journal
  • Interested in his perspective regarding the vanishing youth phenomenon and any backlash against his person, the mosque, and the Minneapolis Somali community, I called the imam for an interview. —  NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
  • The 44-year-old Palestinian has served as the imam, or Muslim religious leader, since 1996 at the mosque in Paterson, a city that is home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the region. —  WTOP / Business / Biz Stories
  • Neither imam was available for an interview on Friday, the Muslim day of worship. —  Gay News Blog
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  1. Arabic 'imām, leader, imam, from 'amma, to go before, lead; see אmm in Semitic roots.
 

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/ɪˈmɑm, ɪˈmɔm/
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