Kharijite
See also: kharijite
English
Etymology
From Arabic خَارِجِي (ḵārijī, “one who split off, one who departed”), from the root خ ر ج (ḵ-r-j).
Noun
Kharijite (plural Kharijites)
- (Islam, historical) A member of a reactionary Islamic sect in the 7th and 8th centuries.
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Translations
members of a reactionary Islamic sect in the 7th and 8th centuries
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