4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sectarian adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects; "sectarian differences" 2: belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind"; "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook; "sectarian squabbles in psychology" [ant: {nonsectarian}] n : a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect" [syn: {sectary}, {sectarist}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 108 Moby Thesaurus words for "sectarian": Bohemian, adherent, alienated, antiestablishment, apostate, at odds with, at variance with, beatification, beatitude, beatnik, bigot, bigoted, blessedness, blessing, 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
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