资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Imam \I*mam"\, Iman \I*man"\, Imaum \I*maum"\, n. [Ar. im[=a]m.]
   1. Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs
      the regular service of the mosque.

   2. A Mohammedan prince who, as a successor of Mohammed,
      unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power.