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Definition of Shiite
1. Noun. A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs.
Group relationships: Shia, Shiah, Shiah Islam
Generic synonyms: Moslem, Muslim
Definition of Shiite
1. n. A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans.
Definition of Shiite
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to Shiites or the Shi'a branch of Islam. ¹
2. Adjective. Of, or relating the Shi'a branch of Islam. ¹
3. Noun. A member of the Shi'a branch of Islam. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiite
Literary usage of Shiite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1862)
"The Shiite traditions, being Persian in their origin, present themselves to us
... The great doctrine of the Shiite is the glorification of Mohammed, Ali, ..."
2. Life in the Moslem East by Pierre Ponafidine (1911)
"Among such is one in Meshed, the administrative centre of Khorasan, where in the
ninth century of our era Imam Riza, the eighth Shiite imam, was buried. ..."
3. The Balkans: A Laboratory of History by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"The Shiite Persians, of course, loathe the Sunnite orthodox, whether the Sultan
be caliph or no, because they prevented the just succession of Ali, ..."
4. The Balkans: A Laboratory of History by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"The Shiite Persians, of course, loathe the Sunnite orthodox, whether the Sultan
be caliph or no, because they prevented the just succession of Ali, ..."
5. Orpheus: A General History of Religions by Salomon Reinach (1909)
"Christians and Jews in Arabia. The Life of Mahomet. Religious institutions of Islam.
Fatalism. " Young Turkey." Musul- man tolerance. The Shiite schism. ..."
6. Persia the Land of the Magi, Or, The Home of the Wise Men: An Historical and by Samuel Kasha Nweeya (1913)
"THE ARABS AND MOHAMMED, THE Shiite MOSLEM'S MU-HAR-RAM. THE Arabs and the country
they inhabit, which they themselves call ..."
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