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Sun⋅ni

  [soon-ee]
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–noun Islam.
1. Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law. Compare Shiʿite.
2. (used with a plural verb) the Sunni Muslims.
Origin:
1620–30; < Ar sunnī, deriv. of sunnah Sunna

Related forms:
Sunnism, noun
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Sun·ni   (sŏŏn'ē)   
n.  
  1. The branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors of Muhammad.
  2. pl. Sunni or Sun·nis A Muslim belonging to this branch; a Sunnite.

[Arabic sunnī, adherent of the Sunna, from sunna, customary practice, tradition; see Sunna.]
Sun'ni adj.
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Sunni 
1626, from Arabic, lit. "lawful," from Sunna "traditional teachings of Muhammad," lit. "way, custom, course, tradition." Muslims who accept the orthodox tradition as well as the Quran.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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