Shiism
noun, Islam.
1.
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
noun
1.
(Islam) the beliefs and practices of Shiah
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