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i·mam·ate (

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n. Islam

The office of an imam.

imamate [ɪˈmɑːmeɪt]

n Islam

1. (Non-Christian Religions / Islam) the region or territory governed by an imam

2. (Non-Christian Religions / Islam) the office, rank, or period of office of an imam

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No references found			The Houthis say they want more liberties and better living opportunities in Yemen, but Sanaa claims the Shiite Zaydi sect wants to restore the imamate rule and topple the Yemeni regime. Yemen-Rebellion by The Daily Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon) The Yemeni authorities accuse the rebels of seeking to restore the Zaidi imamate that ruled in Sanaa until its overthrow in a republican coup in 1962 that sparked eight years of civil war. Saudi warplanes pound Yemen rebel camps: source by AFP / AFP Global Edition An offshoot of Shiite Islam, the Zaidis are a minority in mainly Sunni Yemen but form the majority community in the north and want to re-establish the imamate overthrown in a 1962 coup. Yemeni IDPs killed in UN camp during fighting by Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia)			imaginary number imaginary part imaginary part of a complex number imaginary place Imaginary points imaginary unit Imaginate imagination imagination image Imaginational imaginationalism imaginative imaginative comparison imaginatively imaginativeness imagine imagined Imaginer imagines imaging imaginings Imaginous imagism imago imam imamate Imamite Imamu Amiri Baraka IMarE imaret imaum Imavate IMAX imbalance imbalanced Imbalm Imban Imband Imbank Imbankment Imbannered Imbar Imbargo Imbark Imbarn Imbase Imbastardize Imbathe imbauba Imbay imbecile			Imam Fakhr al-Razi Imam Hambal Imam Hanbal Imam Hossein Imam Husain Imam Husain Islamic Centre Imam Husayn Imam Hussain Imam Hussayn Imam Hussein Imam Ibn Hambal Imam Jamil Action Network Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute Imam Khomeini International Airport Imam Khomeini International University Imam Khomeini Relief Committee Imam Mahdi Imam Mahdi Imam Mehdi Imam Mehdi Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University Imam Radhi Imam Reza University Programming Contest Imam Sadiq University Imam Shamil Imam, Imam, imamate imamates imamates Imamia Medics International Imamia Students Organization Imamis Imamite IMAMM IMAMOD Imams Imams Imamu Amiri Baraka Iman Imana Imandra Imani Imani Education Circle Charter School Imani House, Inc. Imanishi-Kari Affair Imanov, Liutfiiar Muslim Ogly Imant Freiman Imant Georgievich Freiman Imants Ianovich Ziedonis Imants Sudmalis Imants Ziedonis Imanu'el Imanu'el Imanuel Imanuel

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