1) Member of a Moslem sect 2) Member of major Moslem sect 3) Religious order 4) Religious sect 5) Sect 6) Shia 7) Shiah islam 8) The shiites 1) Shia 
• (n.) Same as Shiite. • (n.) A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts...
Shi'ah noun Same as Shiite . 
[n] - one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
Shia noun one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran
See Shiite