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  1. -ite

    a suffix denoting one of a party, a sympathizer with or adherent of, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule; as, a Millerite; a Benthamite

  2. -ite

    a suffix used in naming minerals; as, chlorite, from its characteristic green color; barite, from its heaviness; graphite, from its use in writing

  3. -ite

    a suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end in -ous; as, sulphite, from sulphurous; nitrite, from nitrous acid, etc

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of -ite in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of -ite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of -ite in a Sentence

  1. Ali Akbar Velayati:

    If Assad and the Syrian people fail in their fight against Takfiri (hardline Sunni Islamist) groups..., their next target will be (Shi'ite-led) Iraq, followed by Iran.

  2. 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.

  3. Maria Fantappie:

    Their relevance is the way that Abadi will use them as a stepping stone to make some small changes which will empower his popularity and position vis-a-vis other powerful rivals in the Shi'ite political scene.

  4. 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.

  5. Ali Akbar Velayati:

    Syria is the golden ring of resistance front, if Assad and the Syrian people fail in their fight against Takfiri (hardline Sunni Islamist) groups..., their next target will be (Shi'ite-led) Iraq, followed by Iran.


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