Shiite

British  

/ ˈʃiːaɪt, ʃiːˈɪtɪk /

noun

1. an adherent of Shiah

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adjective

1. of or relating to Shiah

Other Word Forms

• Shiitic adjective

Example Sentences

It draws on core Shiite themes of martyrdom and resistance, reinforcing the image of the younger Khamenei as the rightful successor to lead the Islamic Republic.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the Middle East into war, Shiite clerics convened to choose the country's third supreme leader since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

From Barron's

Instead of anchoring a modern republic in Iran’s Shiite tradition, as the revolutionaries had promised, “the supreme leader became a sort of religious monarch,” Mr. Ansari says.

From The Wall Street Journal

A grand ayatollah and source of emulation has the authority to make legal decisions for his lay followers and for lower-ranking clerics in Iran and the wider Shiite world.

From Salon

Thousands of people live in Beirut’s southern suburbs, which are predominantly Shiite Muslim.

From The Wall Street Journal