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