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Definition of Shiite in English: Shiite(also Shi'ite) noun ˈʃiːʌɪtˈʃiˌaɪt An adherent of the Shia branch of Islam. （伊斯兰教的）什叶派教徒 Example sentencesExamples - The Kurds are worried they will lose their autonomy and the Sunnis are worried that Shi'ites will take revenge on them.
- Such murders have typically been reprisals by Sunnis or Shiites on the other community.
- Out of this civil war came the split between the Sunni and the Shi'ites.
- Local leaders said the attack was an attempt by militants to fuel a civil war between the Shiites and the minority Sunnis.
- The most important fracture is not between Shiites and Sunnis, but between Arabs and Kurds.
- Right now, a Diyala politician would have to try to satisfy Kurds, Sunni Arabs and Shiites.
- It was therefore possible for Feisal to be both the Caliph to the Sunnis and the true Imam to the Shi'ites.
- This mix of Sunnis, Shi'ites and Christians are working hard - and together.
- There are three religious figures who sit on the body: two Shiites and one Sunni.
- We talk to the Shiites, the Sunnis - who are now acting somewhat subdued - and all the others.
- That it would fairly treat the Shiites and the Sunni, and for that matter the non-Arab Kurds?
- Three deputy premiers have been named one each for the Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds, with the fourth held open for a woman.
- Maronites are concentrated in East Beirut, while Muslim Shi'ites live primarily in West Beirut.
- The violence has fueled the sectarian tensions between Shiites and Sunnis.
- He said he read his father accounts of Shiites attacking Sunni mosques in mixed neighborhoods.
- Both the Sunnis and the Shiites recognize the authority of the Koran and respect the five pillars of Islam.
- They sometimes target the Sunnis, the Shi'ites and the Christians and other times they target the police and the army.
- In other words, will Shi'ites vote for a Shi'ite party regardless of its stance on democracy?
- Thus, Shiites would be under Shiite law and Chaldeans under Catholic canon law for these purposes.
- Respected by the Sunnis and Shi'ites alike, his religious and social standing commanded respect and raised him above suspicion.
adjectiveˈʃiːʌɪtˈʃiˌaɪt Relating to Shia. （与）什叶派（有关）的 Shiite fundamentalist groups Example sentencesExamples - The only upside is that for a while, sectarian suspicions were put on hold as Sunni mosques organized relief for Shi'ite families.
- Almost all of them are Iraqi Muslims, and they come from both Sunni and Shiite families.
- There is no Sunni or Shi'ite Iraqi who wants to divide his country.
- There would be two Shiite provinces, two Sunni Arab provinces, and one Kurdish one.
- They met in Cairo a few days ago with representatives of the Sunni and Shiite communities in Iraq.
- Millions of pilgrims are expected to walk between Najaf and Karbala and other Shiite strongholds in Iraq.
- Subsequent attacks on Sunni mosques were blamed on Shi'ite militants.
- They obviously do not extend their Islamic embrace to Shiite Muslims, whom they have massacred in the hundreds.
- Sunni versus Shiite violence has made the dream of a land of the pure just that.
- Yesterday was the first day of Ramadan for Iraq's Shi'ite majority.
- Yesterday, fierce fighting continued across Iraq between American forces and insurgents from both the Sunni and Shi'ite populations.
- The risk now is that the mutually hostile Sunni and Shiite factions might come together in an anti-American alliance.
- For example, Shiite Americans or Shiite Muslims were strong supporters of the war.
- The city, which has a mix of Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, was almost deserted.
- The Sunnis will never accept Shi'ite rule, and the continuing resistance will eventually lead to civil war.
- Sunni and Shi'ite worshippers arrived at Baghdad's large Um al-Qura mosque to pray together but then went their separate ways.
- To promote Shi'ism the Safavids brought in scholars from Shi'ite countries to form a new religious elite.
- Sunni Muslims and Shiite Muslims recognize different lines of succession from Muhammad.
- The Islamic Republic of Iran has funded Shi'ite fundamentalism across the Middle East.
- Most Iranians are Shi'ite Muslim, while Sunni Muslims dominate other Middle Eastern countries.
Derivativesnoun ˈʃiːɪz(ə)m The split between Shia and Sunni Muslim, leading to the establishment of Shiism as state religion in Persia in 1512, provided a similar division within Islam. Example sentencesExamples - On the broad plains of Syria, governments could encourage conversion to Islam, then to Shiism, then to Sunnism, and most of the population went along.
- Shiites highlighted the Arab roots of Shiism and defended Shiite poets of the Abbasid period whom Sunni writers depicted as shuubis.
- According to some analysts, the Iranian revolution has revived the Alavid Shi'ism, and the Safavid Shi'ism is on the decline.
- To promote Shi'ism the Safavids brought in scholars from Shi'ite countries to form a new religious elite.
- Iraq's Sunnis and Shias are related by common history and often common tribal relations, since Iraq only became a majority Shia state after Sunni tribes converted to Shiism in the 18th century.
Definition of Shiite in US English: Shiite(also Shi'ite) nounˈʃiˌaɪtˈSHēˌīt An adherent of the Shia branch of Islam. （伊斯兰教的）什叶派教徒 Example sentencesExamples - Maronites are concentrated in East Beirut, while Muslim Shi'ites live primarily in West Beirut.
- Respected by the Sunnis and Shi'ites alike, his religious and social standing commanded respect and raised him above suspicion.
- There are three religious figures who sit on the body: two Shiites and one Sunni.
- We talk to the Shiites, the Sunnis - who are now acting somewhat subdued - and all the others.
- The Kurds are worried they will lose their autonomy and the Sunnis are worried that Shi'ites will take revenge on them.
- In other words, will Shi'ites vote for a Shi'ite party regardless of its stance on democracy?
- That it would fairly treat the Shiites and the Sunni, and for that matter the non-Arab Kurds?
- Local leaders said the attack was an attempt by militants to fuel a civil war between the Shiites and the minority Sunnis.
- Both the Sunnis and the Shiites recognize the authority of the Koran and respect the five pillars of Islam.
- Such murders have typically been reprisals by Sunnis or Shiites on the other community.
- Right now, a Diyala politician would have to try to satisfy Kurds, Sunni Arabs and Shiites.
- It was therefore possible for Feisal to be both the Caliph to the Sunnis and the true Imam to the Shi'ites.
- The most important fracture is not between Shiites and Sunnis, but between Arabs and Kurds.
- The violence has fueled the sectarian tensions between Shiites and Sunnis.
- Thus, Shiites would be under Shiite law and Chaldeans under Catholic canon law for these purposes.
- He said he read his father accounts of Shiites attacking Sunni mosques in mixed neighborhoods.
- This mix of Sunnis, Shi'ites and Christians are working hard - and together.
- Out of this civil war came the split between the Sunni and the Shi'ites.
- They sometimes target the Sunnis, the Shi'ites and the Christians and other times they target the police and the army.
- Three deputy premiers have been named one each for the Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds, with the fourth held open for a woman.
adjectiveˈʃiˌaɪtˈSHēˌīt Relating to Shia. （与）什叶派（有关）的 Shiite fundamentalist groups Example sentencesExamples - Sunni versus Shiite violence has made the dream of a land of the pure just that.
- The Islamic Republic of Iran has funded Shi'ite fundamentalism across the Middle East.
- There would be two Shiite provinces, two Sunni Arab provinces, and one Kurdish one.
- Yesterday, fierce fighting continued across Iraq between American forces and insurgents from both the Sunni and Shi'ite populations.
- The risk now is that the mutually hostile Sunni and Shiite factions might come together in an anti-American alliance.
- Sunni and Shi'ite worshippers arrived at Baghdad's large Um al-Qura mosque to pray together but then went their separate ways.
- The Sunnis will never accept Shi'ite rule, and the continuing resistance will eventually lead to civil war.
- They met in Cairo a few days ago with representatives of the Sunni and Shiite communities in Iraq.
- They obviously do not extend their Islamic embrace to Shiite Muslims, whom they have massacred in the hundreds.
- Millions of pilgrims are expected to walk between Najaf and Karbala and other Shiite strongholds in Iraq.
- For example, Shiite Americans or Shiite Muslims were strong supporters of the war.
- To promote Shi'ism the Safavids brought in scholars from Shi'ite countries to form a new religious elite.
- The city, which has a mix of Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, was almost deserted.
- The only upside is that for a while, sectarian suspicions were put on hold as Sunni mosques organized relief for Shi'ite families.
- There is no Sunni or Shi'ite Iraqi who wants to divide his country.
- Most Iranians are Shi'ite Muslim, while Sunni Muslims dominate other Middle Eastern countries.
- Yesterday was the first day of Ramadan for Iraq's Shi'ite majority.
- Almost all of them are Iraqi Muslims, and they come from both Sunni and Shiite families.
- Sunni Muslims and Shiite Muslims recognize different lines of succession from Muhammad.
- Subsequent attacks on Sunni mosques were blamed on Shi'ite militants.
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