A member of a sect of the Shiite (Shīʿite) branch of Islam which held that, at the death of Djafar Madeck, the sixth Imam from Ali, in the second…

Of or relating to this branch of Shia Islam or its followers.

Of, relating to, or designating the Nusayris. Cf. Alawi, adj., Alawite, adj.

Of, relating to, or designating this sect or its members.

of or pertaining to the Shiites.

(A member of) one of the three principal Shiite sects, mainly established in Yemen, and owing allegiance to Zayd ibn ʿAlī (700–740). Also attributive…

= Alawi, adj.

A Shiite Muslim political and paramilitary organization founded in Lebanon by Imām Mūsā al-Ṣadr in 1975. Also as a modifier.