Meaning of imamate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The office or jurisdiction of an imam.
2. Alternative letter-case form of imamate, especially when referring to a specific imamate.
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“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.”

“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 government has accused the Houthis of trying to restore⟳ the traditional Zaidi-led imamate that largely ruled Yemen until 1962.”

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