Definitions for shi'ite
ˈʃi aɪt; ʃiˈi, ˈʃi ishi'ite

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1. Shiite, Shi'ite, Shiite Muslim, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslimnoun

   a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

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1. shi'ite

   Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (khalīfa) and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm, but was prevented from succeeding Muhammad as the leader of the Muslims as a result of the choice made by some of Muhammad's other companions (ṣaḥāba) at Saqifah. This view primarily contrasts with that of Sunnī Islam, whose adherents believe that Muhammad did not appoint a successor before his death and consider Abū Bakr, who was appointed caliph by a group of senior Muslims at Saqifah, to be the first rightful (rāshidūn) caliph after Muhammad. Adherents of Shīʿa Islam are called Shīʿa Muslims, Shīʿītes, or simply Shīʿa or Shia.Shīʿa Islam is based on a ḥadīth report concerning Muhammad's pronouncement at Ghadir Khumm. Shīʿa Muslims believe that ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, should have been the designated successor to Muhammad as Islam's spiritual and political leader. This belief later developed into the concept of Imamah, the idea that certain descendants of Muhammad, the Ahl al-Bayt, are rightful rulers or Imams, whom Shīʿa Muslims believe possess special spiritual and political authority over the Muslim community. Although there are many Shīʿa subsects, modern Shīʿa Islam has been divided into two main groupings: Twelvers and Ismāʿīlīs, with Twelver Shīʿas being the largest and most influential group among Shīʿa Muslims.Shīʿa Islam is the second largest branch of Islam, followed by 10–15% of all Muslims. Twelver Shīʿīsm is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85% of all Shīʿa Muslims.

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1. shi'ite

   Shi'ite, also spelled Shia, is a branch of Islam that primarily believes that the successor of Prophet Muhammad should be from his direct family line, specifically his cousin and son-in-law, Ali ibn Abi Talib. They make up the second-largest sect of Islam after Sunni Islam. Their beliefs and practices, while rooted in the Quran and the Hadith (teachings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad), also have distinctive rituals and theology, including a strong veneration of Ali and other key figures called imams who are considered as the rightful leaders and spiritual interpreters of the Muslim community.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shi'ite in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shi'ite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of shi'ite in a Sentence

1. Phillip Smyth:

   The Zeinabiyoun are a Pakistani Shi’ite outfit that’s run by the IRGC, they’ve put together their own imagery, their own recruitment type material. They really became more of a marketable element toward the end of the summer of 2015. That’s when they became more of a centered group.

2. Ayham Kamel:

   There is still a central government in Baghdad that is nominally in charge of the country as a whole, but in real terms the central government is less relevant in Kurdish areas, it is irrelevant in the Sunni heartland and it is also less relevant in the (Shi'ite) south.

3. Bruce Riedel:

   With neither the United States nor Gulf Arab states willing to deploy their ground troops and the Iraqi armed forces in disarray, Iraq has little choice but to turn to the militias, the flaw in the coalition strategy for the last year is weak ground forces. Given the constraints on the U.S. and its Arab allies, the only viable ground force option is Iranian-led Shi'ite Iraqis.

4. Jamal Khashoggi:

   With Iran, it’s an issue of religion, of Shi’ite expansionism, but for Russia it’s about geopolitics and interests, so we can talk to the Russians.

5. John Bolton:

   We are very concerned about the Quds Force and Qassem Soleimani using Shi'ite militia groups and others in Iraq as indirect ways to attack our embassy in Baghdad, consulate in Erbil, our various bases around the country.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi'Ite
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