Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sectarian.
- noun A dissenter from an established church, especially a Protestant nonconformist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a particular sect, school, party, or profession.
- noun Specifically
- noun A member or an adherent of a sect in religion; a sectarian: often used opprobriously by those who regard as mere sects all bodies of Christians outside of their own.
- noun Synonyms Dissenter, Schismatic, etc. See
heretic . - Sectarian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
sectarian . - noun A
Protestant dissenter ornonconformist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a sect
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Heavy penalties were denounced against all who should presume to save a prescribed sectary from the just indignation of the gods, and of the emperors.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Cordova, excommunicating each other, and agreed only in a principle of discord, that a sectary is more odious and criminal than an unbeliever.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Within an hour the Frenchman had cut off his nose and parted with his wings, and retained nothing about him which recalled the sectary of the god Tingou.
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Within an hour the Frenchman had cut off his nose and parted with his wings, and retained nothing about him which recalled the sectary of the god Tingou.
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"We are motivating our members to respond to this in November and the elections next year," said Steven Demofonte, recording sectary of the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police, in an interview.
New Jersey Cuts Workers' Benefits Gina Chon 2010
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"We are motivating our members to respond to this in November and the elections next year," said Steven Demofonte, recording sectary of the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police, in an interview.
New Jersey Cuts Workers' Benefits Gina Chon 2010
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"We are motivating our members to respond to this in November and the elections next year," said Steven Demofonte, recording sectary of the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police, in an interview.
New Jersey Cuts Workers' Benefits Gina Chon 2010
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BNP senior join sectary-general Tareq Rahman situation is very much uncertain.
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"One reason behind the rush to expand is to snap up prime commercial locations, which are a limited resource in any city," said Pei Liang, general sectary of CCFA.
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What was it the Army called the last defense sectary.
Free the Navy 15! Join the Protest at the Iranian Embassy 2007
chained_bear commented on the word sectary
"'... if an Italian and a papist would have been the ideal candidate for a murderer, then the daughter of a sectary, of loose morals and a fiery temper, would have been an adequate replacement.'"
—Iain Pears, An Instance of the Fingerpost (New York: Riverhead Books, 1998), 134
October 7, 2008