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Noun

1. 1
   A member of a reactionary Islamic sect, Kharijism, in the 7th and 8th centuries. historical

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khariji

Etymology

From Arabic خَارِجِي (ḵārijī, “one who split off, one who departed”), from the root خ ر ج (ḵ r j).

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