Alaouite

Related to Alaouite: Druze

Alaouite

(ˈæləˌwiːt) or

Alawite

n (Islam) a member of a Shiite sect of Syrian Muslimsadj (Islam) of or relating to this sect[via French from Arabic, from `alaoui upper, celestial, from `ala (vb) to excel, surpass]