Sunni

[ soon-ee ]

nounIslam.
  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 of Sunni

1
1620–30; <Arabic sunnī, derivative of sunnahSunna

Other words from Sunni

  • Sunnism, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for Sunni

Sunni

/ (ˈsʌnɪ) /


noun
  1. one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam (the other being the Shiah), consisting of those who acknowledge the authority of the Sunna

  2. plural -nis or -ni another term for Sunnite

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