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 or Khawarij)

  1. (Islam, historical) A member of a reactionary Islamic sect in the 7th and 8th centuries.

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