SECTARIAN
sectarian
(adjective) belonging to or characteristic of a sect; “a sectarian mind”; “the negations of sectarian ideology”- Sidney Hook; “sectarian squabbles in psychology”
sectarian
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects; “sectarian differences”
sectarian, sectary, sectarist
(noun) a member of a sect; “most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sectarian (comparative more sectarian, superlative most sectarian)
Of, or relating to a sect.
Dogmatic or partisan.
Parochial or narrow-minded.
Bigoted.
Antonyms
• nonsectarian
Noun
sectarian (plural sectarians)
A member of a sect.
A bigot.
Anagrams
• Cartesian, arsacetin, ascertain, cartesian, craniates, intracase
Source: Wiktionary
Sec*ta"ri*an, n.
Definition: Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices.
Sec*ta"ri*an, n.
Definition: One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a state.
Syn.
– See Heretic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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