Imamite

Imamite
/i mah"muyt/, n. Islam.
a member of the principal sect of Shi'ah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. A.D. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.
Also, Imami /i mah"mee/. Also called Twelver.
[IMAM + -ITE1]

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