-ēˌīt noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: John A. Dowie died 1907 Scottish religious leader in the United States + English -ite
: a member of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion, a religious organization chiefly centered in Zion City near Chicago, Ill., formed in 1896 by John Alexander Dowie and devoted originally to the practice of a religious communal life, faith healing, and abstinence