Thesaurus: sectarian

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1. n. 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.
2. 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.
3. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects
4. n. a member of a sect
5. 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. 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. Syn. -- See Heretic.
6. 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.
7. j:100 n. a member of a sect a. of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects a. belonging to or characteristic of a sect