Senussian.
/sɛnuːˈsiːə/ The fraternity founded by es-Senussi.
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1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 575/2 The sectaries of Senúsíya are found in all parts of North Africa.
1891 F. R. Wingate Mahdiism & Egyptian Sudan i. 4 The Senussiyeh attacked the robbers.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 649/1 Considerable diversity of opinion has prevailed among writers and travellers claiming knowledge of the Senussia.
1949 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Sanusi of Cyrenaica i. 8 The Grand Sanusi had himself been a member of a succession of orders before he started his own and he allowed..members of other Orders to belong to the Sanusiya at the same time.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VIII. 888/1 Sanūsiyah, also spelled Sennusiya, in a strict sense, a Muslim Süfī (mystic) brotherhood established in 1837 by Sīdī Muhammad ibn ‘Alī as-Sanūsī.
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