imaum

1. 1.

   (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

   Synonymsimam

   BroaderleaderMuslim

   Islam

Other forms of imaum

plural

imaums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about imaum

What does imaum mean?

imaum means "(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".

How many syllables are in imaum?

imaum has 2 syllables: i-maum. The stress falls on "i".

What is another word for imaum?

Close synonyms include imam. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is imaum a common word?

imaum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.