1.
[syn: sectarian, sectary, sectarist]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects;
- Example: "sectarian differences"
2. belonging to or characteristic of a sect;
- Example: "a sectarian mind"
- Example: "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook
- Example: "sectarian squabbles in psychology"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sectarian \Sec*ta"ri*an\, a.
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sectarian \Sec*ta"ri*an\, n.
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.
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Syn: See Heretic.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sectarian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects;
"sectarian differences"
2: belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind";
"the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook;
"sectarian squabbles in psychology" [ant: nonsectarian,
unsectarian]
n 1: a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the
views of any other sect" [syn: sectarian, sectary,
sectarist]