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A member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Mohammed
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sunnite
Word definitions for sunnite in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sunnite \Sun"nite\, n. One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the Koran.
Usage examples of sunnite.
Outstanding Mohammedan religious leaders of the region had lined up on one side or the other and turned the air blue with quotations from the Koran and later Sunnite books.
I need hardly remind you, Father, that the current majority in the Italian government are Sunnite Communists.
He had a sudden nightmarish vision of a Sunnite prayer meeting in the Sistine Chapel.
The adherents of the legitimate Khalifate, and of the orthodox doctrine, assumed the name of Sunnites, or Traditionists.
It is related that on a dispute between the Sunnites and Shiites of Baghdad about the relative merits of Abu Bakr and Ali, both parties agreed to abide by the opinion of the Shaikh Abul Faraj bin Al-Jauzi.
All that takes place upon the earth befalls according to the eternal decree of God, a conception in which, at least among the Orthodox Moslems, the Sunnites, who are distinguished in this respect, as in others, from the dissenting Shiites, there is no place left for human freedom.