Imamite
[ ih-mah-mahyt ]
/ ɪˈmɑ maɪt /
noun Islam.
a member of the principal sect of Shiʿah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. a.d. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.
Also
I·ma·mi
[ih-mah-mee] /ɪˈmɑ mi/.
Also called
Twelver.