Twelverism
Meanings
name
- The largest branch of Shi'a Islam, believing that the Twelve Imams were divinely ordained leaders, and that the Mahdi will be the returned Twelfth Imam who disappeared and is believed by Twelvers to be in occultation.
Word forms
Etymology
From Twelver + -ism.
Related words
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