ismaelite

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ismaelite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ismaelian \Is`ma*e"li*an\, Ismaelite \Is"ma*el*ite\, n. (Eccl.)
     One of a sect of Mohammedans who favored the pretensions of
     the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of the house of Ali. Iso