Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sectarian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sectarian \Sec*ta"ri*an\, n.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Syn: See {Heretic}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
n : a member of a sect who is intolerant of the views of any
other sect
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