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SHI'ITE MUSLIM

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Overview

SHI'ITE MUSLIM (noun)
  The noun SHI'ITE MUSLIM has 1 sense:

1. a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphsplay

  Familiarity information: SHI'ITE MUSLIM used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SHI'ITE MUSLIM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Shi'ite; Shi'ite Muslim; Shia Muslim; Shiite; Shiite Muslim

Hypernyms ("Shi'ite Muslim" is a kind of...):

Moslem; Muslim (a believer in or follower of Islam)

Holonyms ("Shi'ite Muslim" is a member of...):

Shia; Shiah; Shiah Islam (one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran)


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