Wahabee


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Wa`ha´bee


n.1.A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Islam. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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