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Sivaite|ˈsiːvəaɪt|
Also Shivaite, shivaite, Sivite.
[f. as prec. + -ite.]
One who specially worships Siva; an adherent of Sivaism. Also attrib. (Cf. Sivite.) Cf. S(h)aivite s.v. Saiva.
1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 815/2 Sankara Acharya, the great Sivaite reformer of the 8th century. 1882Missionary Herald (Boston) 8 Feb. 68 Considerable opposition displayed by the Sivites. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 185/1 The Sivaites are most numerous in the extreme south and on the west coast. 1892Missionary Herald (Boston) Sept. 369 They answered that they were Sivite boys, and could not say Christian prayers. 1958A. Huxley Let. 22 June (1969) 850 The process of turning old Shivaite-cum-Mahayana-Buddhist society into something combining the best features of East and West was inaugurated in the eighteen-forties by a Scottish surgeon. 1962― Island vi. 82 We're still Buddhists or Shivaites. 1970Guardian 10 Aug. 9/4 A 1,000-year-old shivaite temple..on the border between Cambodia and Thailand.
Hence Sivaˈitic a. (Funk's Stand. Dict.). |