Ismaʿilian

[ is-mey-il-ee-uh n ]
/ ˌɪs meɪˈɪl i ən /

noun Islam.

a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect.
Also Is·ma·ʿil·i [is-mey-il-ee] /ˌɪs meɪˈɪl i/.
Also called Sevener.

Origin of Ismaʿilian

1830–40; < Arabic ismāʿīlī (equivalent to Ismāʿīl (died a.d. 760), elder son of the imam Jaʿfar, but disinherited by his father + -ī suffix of appurtenance) + -an