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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. a member of a sect Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 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. Source: adambom
  7. 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 Source: ecdict

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