Twelverism

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  1. 1
    The largest branch of Shi'ism, 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.

Etymology

From Twelver + -ism.

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