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Is•ma•‘i•li•ya
(is′mā ə lē′ə, -mī ə-),USA pronunciation n. [Islam.]
- Eastern Religionsa branch of Shi‘ism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druses, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Isma‘il to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali.
- Place NamesIsmailia.
- Arabic Īsmā‘īlīyah, see Isma‘ilian
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