Imam (noun)
im-ahm
A person who leads prayers at a mosque./ A title of various Muslim leaders, especially of one succeeding Muhammad as leader of Shiite Islam.
From Arabic ‘imām ‘leader’, from ‘amma ‘lead the way’.
Example sentences
“When the imam spoke at Friday prayers.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
