English Explanatory Dictionary

Kharijite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a reactionary Islamic sect, Kharijism, in the 7th and 8th centuries.

Word forms

Kharijite Kharijites Khawarij

Etymology

From Arabic خَارِجِي (ḵārijī, “one who split off, one who departed”), from the root خ ر ج (ḵ r j).

Synonyms

Khariji
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