shia

English Thesaurus

1. one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran (noun.group)

hypernym	:	religious order, religious sect, sect,
definition	:	a subdivision of a larger religious group (noun.group)

member holonym	:	shi'ite, shi'ite muslim, shia muslim, shiite, shiite muslim,
definition	:	a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs (noun.person)

member meronym	:	islam, muslimism,
definition	:	the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion (noun.group)