Definition of imam in English:

imam

noun ɪˈmɑːmɪˈmɑm

1The person who leads prayers in a mosque.
伊玛目（清真寺主持礼拜者）
Example sentencesExamples
- While I was offering a supererogatory prayer, the imam entered the obligatory prayer.
- His father, the imam of a neighborhood mosque that was destroyed in tribal conflict, was killed in prison.
- It would be mad for people just to run off to the local mosque and expect the imam to greet you with open arms.
- He was the son of the imam at the Mapiliyia Mosque and provincial Islamic cleric.
- This is the view of most of the imams preaching in the mosques in the West.
- The bilal calls the faithful to prayer, and the imam leads them in prayer.
- While there is a prayer leader, or imam, in the mosque, they are not a priest, simply a person who knows a great deal about Islam.
- Thousands gathered to welcome the imam of the grand mosque in Makkah on his visit to Lancashire.
- The imams from 12 mosques are meeting this week to discuss calling for a vote for Respect.
- Cell phones also ring at other mosques while imams give their Friday sermon and lead the five daily prayers.
- So, at most madrasa graduates can aspire to become teachers in madrasas, imams in mosques or else open another madrasa of their own.
- He was walking with an imam who feared his mosque was under threat.
- Muezzins invoke a call to prayer, reminding everyone it is either time to pray or to call them to the mosque, and imams lead the prayers.
- The men sat outside the house with the imam, who led the wedding prayers.
- On Fridays Muslims attend a service at a mosque in which an imam leads the prayer and usually gives a sermon.
- A shortage of qualified imams means British mosques look abroad for clerics, often to Saudi Arabia or Pakistan.
- In it the man or father functions as the imam in accordance with the patriarchal nature of Islam.
- The imam is a prayer leader, the muezzin the caller to prayers in each community.
- There are a number of traditional religious practitioners as well as Muslim imams, Catholic priests, and Protestant ministers.
- Among those who attended were several imams of mosques and teachers at Muslim madrasas.
1. 1.1 A title of various Muslim leaders, especially of one succeeding Muhammad as leader of Shiite Islam.
  伊玛目（穆斯林领袖尊称，尤指继任穆罕默德成为什叶派领袖的伊玛目）
  Imam Khomeini
  霍梅尼教长。

Derivatives

imamate

nounɪˈmɑːmeɪt

Less than ten percent of the Iranian population practices the Sunni version of Islam, a sect that differs from Shi'ism in its attitude toward the imamate, the spiritual descendants of Muhammad.
Example sentencesExamples
- This involves only a small change to the black (ymh for mh), but it nevertheless serves to refocus the verse on the central Shi ite theme of the imamate, the leadership of the Muslim community.

Origin

From Arabic 'imām 'leader', from 'amma 'lead the way'.

Rhymes

alarm, arm, Bairam, balm, barm, becalm, calm, charm, embalm, farm, forearm, Guam, harm, ma'am, malm, Montcalm, Notre-Dame, palm, psalm, qualm, salaam, smarm

Definition of imam in US English:

imam

nouniˈmämɪˈmɑm

1The person who leads prayers in a mosque.
伊玛目（清真寺主持礼拜者）
Example sentencesExamples
- In it the man or father functions as the imam in accordance with the patriarchal nature of Islam.
- A shortage of qualified imams means British mosques look abroad for clerics, often to Saudi Arabia or Pakistan.
- So, at most madrasa graduates can aspire to become teachers in madrasas, imams in mosques or else open another madrasa of their own.
- Cell phones also ring at other mosques while imams give their Friday sermon and lead the five daily prayers.
- The bilal calls the faithful to prayer, and the imam leads them in prayer.
- This is the view of most of the imams preaching in the mosques in the West.
- On Fridays Muslims attend a service at a mosque in which an imam leads the prayer and usually gives a sermon.
- His father, the imam of a neighborhood mosque that was destroyed in tribal conflict, was killed in prison.
- The men sat outside the house with the imam, who led the wedding prayers.
- It would be mad for people just to run off to the local mosque and expect the imam to greet you with open arms.
- There are a number of traditional religious practitioners as well as Muslim imams, Catholic priests, and Protestant ministers.
- While I was offering a supererogatory prayer, the imam entered the obligatory prayer.
- The imam is a prayer leader, the muezzin the caller to prayers in each community.
- He was the son of the imam at the Mapiliyia Mosque and provincial Islamic cleric.
- The imams from 12 mosques are meeting this week to discuss calling for a vote for Respect.
- He was walking with an imam who feared his mosque was under threat.
- Muezzins invoke a call to prayer, reminding everyone it is either time to pray or to call them to the mosque, and imams lead the prayers.
- Thousands gathered to welcome the imam of the grand mosque in Makkah on his visit to Lancashire.
- Among those who attended were several imams of mosques and teachers at Muslim madrasas.
- While there is a prayer leader, or imam, in the mosque, they are not a priest, simply a person who knows a great deal about Islam.
1. 1.1 A title of various Muslim leaders, especially of one succeeding Muhammad as leader of Shiite Islam.
  伊玛目（穆斯林领袖尊称，尤指继任穆罕默德成为什叶派领袖的伊玛目）
  Imam Khomeini
  霍梅尼教长。

Origin

From Arabic 'imām ‘leader’, from 'amma ‘lead the way’.

单词	imam
释义	Definition of imam in English: imam noun ɪˈmɑːmɪˈmɑm 1The person who leads prayers in a mosque. 伊玛目（清真寺主持礼拜者） Example sentencesExamples While I was offering a supererogatory prayer, the imam entered the obligatory prayer. His father, the imam of a neighborhood mosque that was destroyed in tribal conflict, was killed in prison. It would be mad for people just to run off to the local mosque and expect the imam to greet you with open arms. He was the son of the imam at the Mapiliyia Mosque and provincial Islamic cleric. This is the view of most of the imams preaching in the mosques in the West. The bilal calls the faithful to prayer, and the imam leads them in prayer. While there is a prayer leader, or imam, in the mosque, they are not a priest, simply a person who knows a great deal about Islam. Thousands gathered to welcome the imam of the grand mosque in Makkah on his visit to Lancashire. The imams from 12 mosques are meeting this week to discuss calling for a vote for Respect. Cell phones also ring at other mosques while imams give their Friday sermon and lead the five daily prayers. So, at most madrasa graduates can aspire to become teachers in madrasas, imams in mosques or else open another madrasa of their own. He was walking with an imam who feared his mosque was under threat. Muezzins invoke a call to prayer, reminding everyone it is either time to pray or to call them to the mosque, and imams lead the prayers. The men sat outside the house with the imam, who led the wedding prayers. On Fridays Muslims attend a service at a mosque in which an imam leads the prayer and usually gives a sermon. A shortage of qualified imams means British mosques look abroad for clerics, often to Saudi Arabia or Pakistan. In it the man or father functions as the imam in accordance with the patriarchal nature of Islam. The imam is a prayer leader, the muezzin the caller to prayers in each community. There are a number of traditional religious practitioners as well as Muslim imams, Catholic priests, and Protestant ministers. Among those who attended were several imams of mosques and teachers at Muslim madrasas. 1.1 A title of various Muslim leaders, especially of one succeeding Muhammad as leader of Shiite Islam. 伊玛目（穆斯林领袖尊称，尤指继任穆罕默德成为什叶派领袖的伊玛目） Imam Khomeini 霍梅尼教长。 Derivatives imamate nounɪˈmɑːmeɪt Less than ten percent of the Iranian population practices the Sunni version of Islam, a sect that differs from Shi'ism in its attitude toward the imamate, the spiritual descendants of Muhammad. Example sentencesExamples This involves only a small change to the black (ymh for mh), but it nevertheless serves to refocus the verse on the central Shi ite theme of the imamate, the leadership of the Muslim community. Origin From Arabic 'imām 'leader', from 'amma 'lead the way'. Rhymes alarm, arm, Bairam, balm, barm, becalm, calm, charm, embalm, farm, forearm, Guam, harm, ma'am, malm, Montcalm, Notre-Dame, palm, psalm, qualm, salaam, smarm Definition of imam in US English: imam nouniˈmämɪˈmɑm 1The person who leads prayers in a mosque. 伊玛目（清真寺主持礼拜者） Example sentencesExamples In it the man or father functions as the imam in accordance with the patriarchal nature of Islam. A shortage of qualified imams means British mosques look abroad for clerics, often to Saudi Arabia or Pakistan. So, at most madrasa graduates can aspire to become teachers in madrasas, imams in mosques or else open another madrasa of their own. Cell phones also ring at other mosques while imams give their Friday sermon and lead the five daily prayers. The bilal calls the faithful to prayer, and the imam leads them in prayer. This is the view of most of the imams preaching in the mosques in the West. On Fridays Muslims attend a service at a mosque in which an imam leads the prayer and usually gives a sermon. His father, the imam of a neighborhood mosque that was destroyed in tribal conflict, was killed in prison. The men sat outside the house with the imam, who led the wedding prayers. It would be mad for people just to run off to the local mosque and expect the imam to greet you with open arms. There are a number of traditional religious practitioners as well as Muslim imams, Catholic priests, and Protestant ministers. While I was offering a supererogatory prayer, the imam entered the obligatory prayer. The imam is a prayer leader, the muezzin the caller to prayers in each community. He was the son of the imam at the Mapiliyia Mosque and provincial Islamic cleric. The imams from 12 mosques are meeting this week to discuss calling for a vote for Respect. He was walking with an imam who feared his mosque was under threat. Muezzins invoke a call to prayer, reminding everyone it is either time to pray or to call them to the mosque, and imams lead the prayers. Thousands gathered to welcome the imam of the grand mosque in Makkah on his visit to Lancashire. Among those who attended were several imams of mosques and teachers at Muslim madrasas. While there is a prayer leader, or imam, in the mosque, they are not a priest, simply a person who knows a great deal about Islam. 1.1 A title of various Muslim leaders, especially of one succeeding Muhammad as leader of Shiite Islam. 伊玛目（穆斯林领袖尊称，尤指继任穆罕默德成为什叶派领袖的伊玛目） Imam Khomeini 霍梅尼教长。 Origin From Arabic 'imām ‘leader’, from 'amma ‘lead the way’.
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