Sectary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sectary \Sec"ta*ry\, n.;pl. {Sectaries}. [F. sectaire. See
     {Sect}.]
     A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or
     disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or
     religion; one who separates from an established church; a
     dissenter.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           I never knew that time in England when men of truest
           religion were not counted sectaries.     --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sectary
       n : a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the
           views of any other sect" [syn: {sectarian}, {sectarist}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  126 Moby Thesaurus words for "sectary":
     Bohemian, Maecenas, Young Turk, abettor, adherent, admirer,
     advocate, aficionado, alienated, angel, antiestablishment,
     apologist, apostate, appendage, at odds with, at variance with,
     attendant, backer, beatnik, bigot, breakaway, buff,
     cavaliere servente, champion, cohort, counter-culture, courtier,
     dangler, defender, demurrer, denominational, denominationalist,
     dependence, dependent, deviant, differing, disagreeing, disciple,
     dissenter, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, dropout, encourager,
     endorser, exponent, factional, factionist, fan, favorer,
     flower child, flunky, follower, following, freak, friend at court,
     hanger-on, henchman, heretic, hippie, homme de cour, in opposition,
     interested, liberal, lover, mainstay, maintainer, maverick,
     misbeliever, misfit, nonconforming, nonconformist, nonjuror,
     objector, opinionist, opposing, opposition voice, original,
     paranymph, parasite, partial, partisan, party, patron, promoter,
     protagonist, protestant, protester, public, pursuer, pursuivant,
     radical, rebel, recusant, reliance, revolutionary, satellite,
     schismatic, second, seconder, sectarian, sectional, separatist,
     shadow, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, stooge, successor,
     support, supporter, sustainer, swinger, sympathizer, tagtail, tail,
     trainbearer, ugly duckling, unconformist, underground, upholder,
     votary, ward heeler, well-wisher, yippie