shi'a
/ˈʃiːə/
name 2noun 1
Definitions
name
1
Shi'a Islam.
In Islam, Sunni is a more triumphant version of the faith than Shia, which stresses the importance of suffering, following the founder Ali, who was persecuted.
Shi’a is one of the two larger divisions of Islam, […]
2
The followers of this branch of Islam; the Shiites.
Throughout the Umayyad period, the Shi'a were confined to southern 'Iraq [...]
noun
1
Synonym of Shiite.
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