Shiʿite

[shee-ahyt]

Shi·ʿite

[shee-ahyt]
noun Islam.
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
Also, Shi·ite, Shiʿa, Shiʿah, Shi·ʿi [shee-ee, shee-ee] .
Compare Sunni (def. 1).


Origin:
Shiʿah + -ite1

Shi·ʿism [shee-iz-uhm] , noun
Shi·ʿit·ic [shee-it-ik] , adjective
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