Ismaʿiliya

[ is-mey-uh-lee-uh, ‑mahy-uh‑ ]

noun

, Islam.

1. a branch of Shiʿism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druze, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Ismaʿil to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali.
2. Ismailia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ismaʿiliya¹

From Arabic Īsmāʿīlīyah; Ismaʿilian