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Twelver2 Islam.|ˈtwɛlvə(r)|
[f. twelve + -er1.]
A member of the larger of the two Shiah sects (the ‘Twelvers’ and the ‘Seveners’), a follower of the twelve Imams or prophets (cf. imam 2 b, Shiah).
1876R. D. Osborn Islam under Arabs ii. i. 167 The Ismailiens, like the Twelvers, make profession of an exclusive attachment to Ali and his descendants. 1934R. Strothmann in Encycl. Islām IV. 353/2 We shall consider the main branch somewhat more fully, the Imāmīs or ‘Twelvers’. 1979Sunday Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 27 May 25/4 In Iran the Shias are divided essentially into two sects, the Twelvers and the Seveners. |