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Sun⋅nite

  [soon-ahyt]
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–noun
Sunni (def. 1).
Origin:
see Sunni, -ite 1

Sun⋅ni

  [soon-ee]
–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·nite   (sŏŏn'īt')   
n.  A Sunni Muslim.

[From Sunni.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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