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[iz-uhm] / ˈɪz əm /


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There’s this store in Silver Lake that I found called Anonymous Ism.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

The moment they saw the little baby Fereed, they all began to call out, "Ism Allah alayhee," "The name of Allah upon him."

From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)

Ism, izm, n. any distinctive doctrine, theory, or practice—usually in disparagement.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

The Arabians have a science called Ism Allah, or the science of the name of God; and the Talmudists and Rabbins have written copiously on the same subject.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

Mysteries of Ism Abla instruct in the secret name of Deity, 621-l.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert




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