shiah
noun
the Shiʿites.
shiah
American
[shee-uh]
/ ˈʃi ə /
Or
Shiʿa
Shiah
British
/ ˈʃiːə /
noun
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one of the two main branches of Islam (the other being the Sunni), making up a tenth or more of the entire Muslim population, and forming the majority in Iran and Iraq, which regards Mohammed's cousin Ali and his successors as the true imams
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another name for Shiite
adjective
Etymology
Origin of shiah
First recorded in 1620–30, Shiʿah is from the Arabic word shīʿah literally, sect
Example Sentences
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I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2012
It is permitted to doubt the Shiah historian, who gives a circumstantial account of how twelve Babis, including one high leader, laid the plot.
From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham
Though he was a Sayyid the present Bhānrs are either Shaikhs or Mughals; and the difference of faith, Sunni and Shiah, is a bar to intermarriage.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
He had subjugated Eastern Persia by that time and founded the Shiah religion.
From A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India by Sewell, Robert
In addition to its increasing commercial traffic, this road is patronized by many Shiah devotees from the north, among whom are what the natives term the “silent pilgrims.”
From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Allen, Thomas Gaskell
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