Definition of Shiah

1. Noun. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran.

Exact synonyms: Shia, Shiah Islam
Group relationships: Islam, Muslimism
Generic synonyms: Religious Order, Religious Sect, Sect
Member holonyms: Shi'ite, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslim, Shiite, Shiite Muslim

Definition of Shiah

1. n. Same as Shiite.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiah

Shetland pony
Shetland sheep dog
Shetland sheepdog
Shetland wool
Shetlander
Shetlands
Shevat
Shevchenko
Shi'a
Shi'ite
Shi'ite Muslim
Shia
Shia Islam
Shia Muslim
Shia crescent
Shiah (current term)
Shiah Islam
Shiba Inu
Shibasaki
Shibley's sign
Shield of David
Shifts
Shiga
Shiga-Kruse bacillus
Shiga bacillus
Shiga like toxin
Shiga toxin
Shigella
Shigella dysentariae

Literary usage of Shiah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Under the Absolute Amir by Frank A. Martin (1907)
"CHAPTER XVI RELIGION • Suni and Shiah— ... who bring credit or discredit on it There are two sects of this religion in the country, the Shiah and the Suni. ..."

2. Under the Absolute Amir by Frank A. Martin (1907)
"There are two sects of this religion in the country, the Shiah and the Suni. The latter sect includes the royal family and the bulk of the people, ..."

3. A History of the Sikhs, from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the by Joseph Davey Cunningham (1918)
"... and the Kukas and Bambas of the rugged Buddhists mountains, are Muhammadans of the Shiah persuasion. The mlL^S- people of Kashmir, of Kishtwar, ..."

4. Rambling Recollections by Sir Henry Drummond Wolff (1908)
"... to Tehran—Persian etymology— Travelling in Persia—Escort—Legation at Tehran—Audience of the Shah—His Majesty's descent—Shiah marriages—Lady Wolffs visit ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"But the great division was between Shiah and Sunnah, already defined. Shiah started as a political tenet, concerned primarily with the succession to the ..."

6. At the Court of Amîr: A Narrative by John Alfred Gray (1895)
"The naked beggar boy. The old Kabul bridge. The question of " bleeding." Disbanding of a Shiah regiment. Amir's advice to his sons. ..."

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