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Shi⋅ʿah
[shee-uh] 
Also, Shiʿa.
Origin:
1620–30; < Ar shīʿah lit., sect
1620–30; < Ar shīʿah lit., sect
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. |
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| Shi·ah or Shi·a also Shi·'ah or Shi·'a (shē'ə) n.
[Arabic šī'a, following, sect, from šā'a, to spread, become known; see śyʕ in Semitic roots.] |
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Shiah
Shi"ah\, n. Same as Shiite.
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