Sectarian definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SECTA'RIAN, a. [L. secrarius.] Pertaining to a sect or sects; as sectarian principles or prejudices. SECT'ARIAN, n. One of a sect ... 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 ...
... are intolerant of the views of any other sect" [syn: sectarian, sectary, sectarist] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -ries) Date: 1556 ... ta*ry, n.;pl. Sectaries. [F. sectaire. See Sect.] A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or ... Synonyms n. 1. Dissenter, non-conformist. 2. Separatist, schismatic, seceder, sectarian. Moby Thesaurus Bohemian, Maecenas, Young Turk, abettor, adherent, admirer, advocate ... pursuivant, radical, rebel, recusant, reliance, revolutionary, satellite, schismatic, second, seconder, sectarian, sectional, separatist, shadow, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, stooge, successor, support ...
... authority of the universal church.'' --Addis & Arnold. Syn: Heretic, Schismatic, Sectarian. Usage: A heretic is one whose errors are doctrinal, and ... practice, etc., usually for the sake of personal aggrandizement. A sectarian is one who originates or is an ardent adherent and ... misfit, nonconformist, nonjuror, original, pantheist, recreant, recusant, renegade, revisionist, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separatist, swinger, ugly duckling, unbeliever, unconformist, yippie
... unsectarian interest in religion"- Bertrand Russell [syn: nonsectarian, unsectarian] [ant: sectarian] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1831 not having a sectarian character ; not affiliated with or restricted to a particular religious ...
... pagan elements and undoubtedly more cosmopolitan than Corinth, a bitter sectarian spirit is easy to understand. This as a probable explanation ... strife." The most natural and obvious meaning is "mutual or sectarian jealousy." But those who do not like this fact explain ...
... religious sectarianism" [syn: sectarianism, denominationalism] Merriam Webster's noun see sectarian I Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sectarianism Sec*ta"ri*an*ism, n. The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party; excess of partisan ...
... intransitive verb to act as sectarians transitive verb to make sectarian Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sectarianize Sec*ta"ri*an*ize, v. t. To imbue with sectarian feelings; to subject to the control of a sect.