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Shiʿite
[ 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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Other Words From
- Shi·ʿism [shee, -iz-, uh, m], noun
- Shi·ʿit·ic [shee-, it, -ik], adjective
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Example Sentences
It is one of the four great shrines of the Shi‛ite Moslems in the vilayet of Bagdad.
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The Khan was a person of refinement and culture; he was very tolerant, and to him Sunnite or Shi-ite was the same thing.
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I squatted down, unheeded in the midst of the crowd of hungry Shi-ite and Sunnite pilgrims.
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