Wahhabi

Wahhabi
also Wahabi noun Etymology: Arabic wahhābī, from Muḥammad b. ‘Abd al-Wahhāb (Abdul-Wahhab) died 1787 Arabic religious reformer Date: 1807 a member of a puritanical Muslim sect founded in Arabia in the 18th century by Muhammad ibn-Abdul Wahhab and revived by ibn-Saud in the 20th century • Wahhabism also Wahabism nounWahhabite also Wahabite adjective or noun

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  • wahhabi — wah·ha·bi …   English syllables

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