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sectarian adjective [ sɛkˈtɛːrɪən ]

• denoting or concerning a sect or sects.
• "the city's traditional sectarian divide"

sectarian noun

• a member of a sect.
• "a Jewish sectarian who preached the redemption of the Gentiles"
Similar: separatist, dissenter, dissident, nonconformist, free thinker, renegade, disruptor, recusant, schismatic, revisionist, unbeliever, sceptic, agnostic, atheist, non-theist, zealot, Young Turk, extremist, radical, activist, militant, bigot, dogmatist, partisan, devotee,
Origin: mid 17th century: from sectary + -an, reinforced by sect.


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