noun Islam.
- a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
noun
- an adherent of Shiah
adjective
- of or relating to Shiah
n.1728, “a member of the Shia sect of Islam,” from Shia + -ite (1), Latin-derived suffix denoting “follower.”