Sunnite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sunnite
Example Sentences
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A wide majority of the illiterate population are Shiites but even the literate Government clique�including youthful King Ghazi, who belongs to the opposed Sunnite sect�sympathize with the Arabs of Palestine.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was then compiled by the order of Abu Bekr, the first Sunnite Caliph.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
One of his odes which contains a verse in praise of Ali is engraved on the poet’s tomb, but is omitted by Sudi, the Turkish editor and commentator, who was himself a rigid Sunnite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
Of Incarnationist colour, it repudiated the dour illiberal spirit of the early Arabian apostles which latter-day Sunnite orthodoxy has revived.
From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Forbes, Nevill
And understand that what I do is best for all of Sunnite Islam!
From The Flying Legion by England, George Allan
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