| 释义 |
Shiite|ˈʃiːaɪt|
Also 8 Sciaite, 9 Sheeite.
[f. shi- in Shiah + -ite. (The 18th c. form Sciaite seems to be f. Arab. shiyaﻋīy a Shiite).]
A member of the Shiah sect. Also attrib. or adj.
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Sonna, There are also Sectaries among the Mahometans, called Sciaites, who reject the Traditions of the Sonnites. 1759Universal Hist., Mod. II. 42 The Sonnites make use of the word Shiites, or Shii, and apply it to their adversaries, as a term of reproach. 1812T. Moore Intercepted Lett. vi. 24 You know our Sunnites, hateful dogs! Whom every pious Shiite flogs Or longs to flog. 1817C. Mills Muhammedanism 369 Down to the fifteenth century, the Persians fluctuated between the Sonnite and Shiite sects. 1825Heber Jrnl. 25 Feb., A furious attack on the Sheeite heresy from the pulpit. 191119th Cent. Mar. 517 A province which then and for centuries afterward was a stronghold of Yemenite or Shiite.
Hence Shiˈitic a., of or pertaining to the Shiites.
1884H. Ethé in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 238/1 Purely Shi‘itic or Isma‘ilitic ideas. |