Also 8–9 Sonnite. [f. SUNNA or SUNNI + -ITE1.] A Mohammedan who accepts the orthodox tradition (Sunna) as well as the Koran. (Cf. SHIITE.) Also attrib.
1718. [see TRADITION sb. 6 c].
1734. G. Sale, trans. Koran, Prelim. Disc., iii. (1877), 52. It is the belief of the Sonnites or orthodox that the Korân is uncreated and eternal.
1759, 1847. [see TRADITIONIST 1 b].
1887. Encycl. Brit., XXII. 659/2, note. Generally speaking the Sunnites are the more bitter party.
