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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Imam

/īm'-ăm/ · I·mam · IPA /ˈiːmɑːm/
01 n. Among the Muslims, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.
  1. 1.
    Among the Muslims, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.
  2. 2.
    A Muslim prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.