Murji'iten.adj.
/ˈmʊədʒɪʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmərdʒiˌaɪt/ Islam. Now historical.
A. n.
A member of the Murji'ah.
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1903 A. B. MacDonald Devel. Muslim Theol. iii. i. 123 The Murji'ites..worked out a view on which they could still support the Umayyads.
1911 D. S. Margoliouth Mohammedanism v. 190 Another sect, called the Murjites.
1949 H. A. R. Gibb Mohammedanism vii. 113 It was precisely in the doctrine of predestination that the Murji'ites took refuge.
1988 J. L. Esposito Islam iii. 70 The majority of the community..followed the..moderate position of the Murjiites, those who ‘postponed’ judgement to the Last Judgement.
B. adj. (attributive).
Of or relating to the Murji'ah.
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1932 A. J. Wensinck Muslim Creed vii. 132 The Murḏite attitude may be illustrated by two examples taken from the Maḳālāt.
1949 H. A. R. Gibb Mohammedanism vii. 113 They [sc. the Muʿtazilites] stressed the responsibility of the Believer as against the Murji'ite emphasis on the sufficiency of faith, irrespective of ‘works’.
1989 C. Glassé Conc. Encycl. Islam 289/1 The Murji'ite reaction to the extremism of the Khārijites.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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