'Sectarian' definitions:

Definition of 'sectarian'

From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects; "sectarian differences"
adjective
Belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind"; "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook; "sectarian squabbles in psychology" [ant: nonsectarian, unsectarian]
noun
A member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect" [syn: sectarian, sectary, sectarist]

Definition of 'Sectarian'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sectarian'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: See Heretic. [1913 Webster]

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