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

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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

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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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