noun
or kar·ma·ti·an kärˈmād.ēən ; or kar·ma·thi·an also car·ma·thi·an -āthēən
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Hamdan Qarmat, 9th century Iraqi peasant who founded the sect + English -an
: a Muslim Shi'ite sect founded in the 9th century and flourishing during the middle ages as a communistic secret society that in time expanded to a small independent state on the Persian gulf from which its members raided neighboring lands