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"Indonesian lemmas",
"Indonesian proper nouns",
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],
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{
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"imam; a trained cleric who leads a congregation"
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],
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Twelver Shiism",
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"title": "Imam",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Twelver Shiism",
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