Shi'ite

Other forms: Shi'ites

Definitions of Shi'ite
  1. noun
    a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
    synonyms: Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslim, Shiite, Shiite Muslim
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    type of:
    Moslem, Muslim
    a believer in or follower of Islam
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