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English noun: Shiism

1. Shiism (cognition) the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs


Broader (hypernym)Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism


Narrower (hyponym)Ismailism









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