Sunnite
(ˈsʌnaɪt)
Also 8–9 Sonnite.
[f. Sunna or Sunni + -ite1.]
A Muslim who accepts the orthodox tradition (Sunna) as well as the Koran. (Cf. Shiite.) Also attrib.
| 1718 [see tradition n. 6 c]. 1734 G. Sale tr. Koran, Prelim. Disc. iii. (1877) 52 It is the belief of the Sonnites or orthodox that the Korân is uncreated and eternal. 1759, 1847 [see traditionist 1 b]. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 659/2 note, Generally speaking the Sunnites are the more bitter party. |