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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sectarian, sectary, sectaristnoun

    a member of a sect

    "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect"

Wiktionary

  1. sectarynoun

    A sectarian

  2. sectarynoun

    A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sectarynoun

    Etymology: sectaire, French; from sect.

    My lord, you are a sectary,
    That’s the plain truth. William Shakespeare.

    Romish catholick tenets are inconsistent, on the one hand, with the truth of religion professed and protested by the church of England, whence we are called protestants; and the anabaptists, and separatists, and sectaries, on the other hand, whose tenets are full of schism, and inconsistent with monarchy. Francis Bacon.

    The number of sectaries does not concern the clergy in point of interest or conscience. Jonathan Swift.

    The sectaries of my celestial skill,
    That wont to be the world’s chief ornament,
    And learned imps that wont to shoot up still,
    They under keep. Edmund Spenser.

Wikipedia

  1. sectary

    Sectarianism is a political or cultural conflict between two groups which are often related to the form of government which they live under. Prejudice, discrimination, or hatred can arise in these conflicts, depending on the political status quo and if one group holds more power within the government. Often, not all members of these groups are engaged in the conflict. But as tensions rise, political solutions require the participation of more people from either side within the country or polity where the conflict is happening. Common examples of these divisions are denominations of a religion, ethnic identity, class, or region for citizens of a state and factions of a political movement. While sectarianism is often labelled as 'religious' and/or 'political', the reality of a sectarian situation is usually much more complex. In its most basic form sectarianism has been defined as, 'the existence, within a locality, of two or more divided and actively competing communal identities, resulting in a strong sense of dualism which unremittingly transcends commonality, and is both culturally and physically manifest.'

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  1. sectary

    A sectary is a member or a follower of a particular sect or religious group, usually with doctrines, beliefs or practices that distinguish them from a larger established religious group. It can also refer to someone who is deemed as excessively devoted to a specific sect.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sectarynoun

    a sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter

  2. Etymology: [F. sectaire. See Sect.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sectary in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sectary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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