Imamate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Imamate is a noun meaning (Islam) The office or jurisdiction of an imam.
Meaning
(Islam) The office or jurisdiction of an imam.
Example Sentences
The government has accused the Houthis of trying to restore the traditional Zaidi-led imamate that largely ruled Yemen until 1962.
After mentioning these facts, Shahristâni adds that "whatever befell them was prognosticated by Jaafar as-Sâdik, who said that temporal dominion was not for their family, but that the Imâmate was to be a toy in the hands of the Abbassides."
The Mahometans do not agree among themselves about this imamate, or dignity of the imam. Some think it of divine right, and attached to a single family, as the pontificate of Aaron. Others hold, that it is, indeed, of divine right, but deny it to be so attached to any single family, as that it may not be transferred to another.
Word Forms
- imamates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include imaamate, imamship, imaam, iman, imaum, imam.
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