(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:04:12

Sha"fi*ite (?), n.

A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei.

 

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