'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
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]
Synonyms of 'sectarian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- alienated,
- antiestablishment,
- apostate,
- at odds with,
- at variance with,
- beatification,
- beatitude,
- beatnik,
- bigot,
- bigoted,
- blessedness,
- blessing,
- Bohemian,
- breakaway,
- bug,
- canonization,
- clannish,
- cliquish,
- consecration,
- counter-culture,
- cultish,
- cultist,
- dedication,
- demurrer,
- denominational,
- denominationalist,
- deviant,
- devotion,
- differing,
- disagreeing,
- dissenter,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dissident,
- doctrinaire,
- dogmatic,
- dogmatist,
- dropout,
- enshrinement,
- exaltation,
- extremist,
- factional,
- factionist,
- fanatic,
- fanatical,
- fiend,
- flower child,
- freak,
- glorification,
- grace,
- hallowing,
- heretic,
- heterodox,
- hippie,
- in opposition,
- insular,
- interested,
- justification,
- justification by works,
- limited,
- local,
- maverick,
- member,
- misfit,
- narrow,
- narrow-minded,
- nonconforming,
- nonconformist,
- nonjuror,
- nut,
- objector,
- opinionist,
- opposing,
- opposition voice,
- original,
- parochial,
- partial,
- partisan,
- party,
- prejudiced,
- prejudicial,
- protestant,
- protester,
- provincial,
- purification,
- recusant,
- rigid,
- sainthood,
- sainting,
- sanctification,
- schismatic,
- sectary,
- sectional,
- separatist,
- setting apart,
- small-town,
- splinter,
- state of grace,
- swinger,
- true believer,
- ugly duckling,
- unconformist,
- underground,
- unorthodox,
- votary,
- yippie,
- zealot