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sectarian(dictionary)

sectarian (iou)



sectarian adjective & noun. M17.
[Partly from SECTARY + -AN, partly from SECT noun1: see -ARIAN.]
A. adjective.
Pertaining to a sectary or sectaries; belonging to a sect regarded as schismatical by a more established or orthodox religious group; spec. of or pertaining to the Independents or their party as designated by the Presbyterians during the Commonwealth period. obsolete exc. Hist. M17.
H. Moore To arm the Sectarian Rabbles..against the orderly Reformed Churches.
Pertaining to a sect or sects; confined to a particular sect; bigotedly or narrow-mindedly adhering to a particular sect. L18.
Y. Menuhin Not a sectarian venture but an international school.
b. noun.
Orig., an adherent of the sectarian party during the Commonwealth period. Later, a member of a schismatic sect, a schismatic. Now chiefly Hist. M17.
J. L. Motley The Queen..hated Anabaptists..and other Sectarians.
An adherent or member of a sect; rare a disciple or follower of a particular teacher. E19.
A bigoted adherent of a sect; a person with narrow sectarian views or sympathies. E19.
Times Literary Supplement McTaggart knew his Hegel as some sectarians know their Bible.
sectarianism noun adherence to a particular sect or party, esp. in a bigoted or narrow-minded manner M17.
sectarianize verb (a) verb intrans. act in a sectarian manner; (b) verb trans. make sectarian; imbue with sectarian tendencies or principles: M19.