Sunnite

American  

[soon-ahyt] / ˈsʊn aɪt /

noun

1. Sunni.

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Sunnite British  

/ ˈsʌnaɪt /

noun

1. Islam an adherent of the Sunni

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Etymology

Origin of Sunnite

see origin at Sunni, -ite ¹

Example Sentences

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

Only a few of the Sunnite doctors acknowledge the Shyites to be Moslems.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

"But for him," says the Sunnite historian, Abu ’l-Maḥásin, "the beliefs of a great number would have been corrupted."

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold

Damascus, the home of orthodoxy, was taken by Giafar, not without a struggle, and the Fatimite doctrine was there published, to the indignation and disgust of the Sunnite population.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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