KHARIJITE

Meaning of KHARIJITE in English

ˈkärəˌjīt noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Arabic khārijī one that departs, dissenter + English -ite

: a member of a Muslim secessionist sect establishing a radically democratic and puritanical reform community in the 7th century

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

KHĀRIJITE — Member of the earliest Islamic sect, which emerged in the mid-7th century during conflicts over the succession of the caliphate …
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