Shia or Shiah /shēˈə/

1. The branch of Islam, or a collective name for its adherent sects, that recognizes Ali (Mohammed's cousin and son-in-law) and his successors as the true imams (cf Sunni)
2. A member of this branch of Islam, a Shiite

Shiism /shēˈizm/ noun

• recognizances
• recognize
• recognized
• recognizer
• recognizers
• recognizes
• recognizing
• recoil
• recoil atom
• recoil atoms
• recoiled
• recoiler
• recoilers
• recoil escapement
• recoiling
• recoilless
• recoil nucleus
• recoils
• recoin
• recoinage
• recoinages
• recoined
• recoining
• recoins
• re-collect