Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A follower; a disciple; an adherent of a sect, school, or party.
- noun A genus of fishes of the family Kyphosidæ, known only from Panama.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A follower; a disciple; an adherent to a sect.
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- noun A
follower , adisciple ; someone whofollows a particular school;partisan .
Etymologies
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Examples
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[5554] Socrates professeth himself love's servant, ignorant in all arts and sciences, a doctor alone in love matters, et quum alienarum rerum omnium scientiam diffiteretur, saith [5555] Maximus Tyrius, his sectator, hujus negotii professor,
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“Virum, mehercle, vix tam grandaevum crediderim,” replied the monarch. “et vorstius iste? — arminii improbi successor aeque ac sectator — herosne adhuc, ut cum homero loquar,?” text in
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-- arminii improbi successor aeque ac sectator -- herosne adhuc, ut cum homero loquar_, < ZOOS ESTI KAI EPI
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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His tomb bears this inscription: "Hic jacet D.Fr. Dominicus de Salazar Ordinis Prædicatorum, Philippinarum Episcopus, doctrina clarus verus religiosæ vitæ sectator, suarum ovium piissimus Pastor, pauperum Pater, et ipse vere pauper.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Montani sectator ingessit, in quibus salvator noster se ad patrem iturum missurumque paracletum pollicetur etc. "
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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