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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 imaum
 回教之祭師[導師]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 I·mam I·man I·maum n.
 1. Among the Muslims, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.
 2. A Muslim prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 imaum
      n : (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites
          an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and
          law and a spiritual guide [syn: imam]