WAHABEE
\wˈahɐbˌiː], \wˈahɐbˌiː], \w_ˈa_h_ɐ_b_ˌiː]\
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A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India.
By Oddity Software
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A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India.
By Noah Webster.
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WAHABAI, wä-hä'b[=e], n. one of a sect of Puritan Moslems founded in Central Arabia about 1760 by Abd-el-Wahhab (1691-1787), whose aim was to restore primitive Mohammedanism--also WAHÄ'BITE.--n. WAHÄ'BIISM, the doctrine and practices of the Wahabis.
By Thomas Davidson
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