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单词 Nusayri
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Nusayri

/nʊˈsʌɪri/
Islam
noun
A member of a minority Shiite sect practising a form of Islam with gnostic and animist elements.
  • This sect originated in Iraq in the mid 9th cent. but took root in Syria after establishing itself at Latakia in the 11th cent. It is now widely dispersed in western and northern Syria and in south-eastern areas of present-day Turkey. Since 1924 it has usually been known as Alawi..
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating the Nusayris.

Origin

Late 18th century; earliest use found in Robert Heron (1764–1807), journalist and author. From Arabic Nuṣayrī, adjective and noun from al-Nuṣayriyya (collective plural), the name of a Shiite minority sect from the name of Muḥammad Ibn Nuṣayr, the first theologian of the sect + .

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