shiism

English Thesaurus

1. the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	islam, islamism, mohammedanism, muhammadanism, muslimism,
definition	:	the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	ismailism,
definition	:	the branch of Shiism noted for its esoteric philosophy (noun.cognition)