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Sep 7, 2008
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Sunnites

(2 syl.). Orthodox Mahometans, who consider the Sunna or Oral Law as binding as the Koran. They wear white turbans. The heterodox Moslems are called Shiites or Shiahs (q.v.).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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