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  shiah

  noun

  the Shiʿites.
• Shiah
  Shiah

  noun

  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

shiah

American  

[shee-uh] / ˈʃi ə /

Or Shiʿa

noun

Islam.

1. (used with a plural verb) the Shiʿites.

2. (used with a singular verb) Shiʿite.

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Shiah British  

/ ˈʃiːə /

noun

1. 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

2. another name for Shiite

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adjective

1. designating or characteristic of this sect or its beliefs and practices

Etymology

Origin of shiah

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

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Example Sentences

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Shiah

I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2012

Ali was assassinated near Nejef, which city is sacred to his memory, and his son Husein was killed at Kerbela; so these two cities are the greatest of the Shiah shrines.

From War in the Garden of Eden by Kermit Roosevelt

According to Shiah doctrine, the rulership of the State by divine law belongs to the Imam.

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Samuel Graham Wilson

Its population is composed in large proportion of mollahs and Seyyids, or descendants of Mohammed, and as a whole is devoted to the reigning Shiah creed.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

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 R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

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