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Shiʿah

American

[shee-uh] / ˈʃi ə /

Or Shiʿa

noun

Islam.

(used with a plural verb) the Shiʿites.
(used with a singular verb) Shiʿite.

Etymology

Origin of Shiʿah

First recorded in 1620–30, Shiʿah is from the Arabic word shīʿah literally, sect

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