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الشَّيْطَانِيَّةُ

Root: شطن

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الشَّيْطَانِيَّةُ A certain sect of the extravagant zealots of [the schismatics called] the شِيعَة; so named from [their founder] شَيْطَانُ الطَّاقِ, an appellation of Mohammad Ibn-En-Noaman. (K and TA in art. طوق.)
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