Nonsectarian

3 definitions found

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

  nonsectarian \nonsectarian\ adj.
     not restricted to one sect or school or party; as, religious
     training in a nonsectarian atmosphere; public funding is
     restricted to nonsectarian colleges. Opposite of {sectarian}.
     [Narrower terms: {ecumenic, oecumenic, ecumenical,
     oecumenical}; {interchurch, interdenominational};


     {nondenominational}; {undenominational, unsectarian ]
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonsectarian
       adj : not restricted to one sect or school or party; "religious
             training in a nonsectarian atmosphere"; "nonsectarian
             colleges"; "a wide and unsectarian interest in
             religion"- Bertrand Russell [syn: {unsectarian}] [ant:
             {sectarian}]

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

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonsectarian":
     all-comprehending, all-comprehensive, all-covering, all-embracing,
     all-encompassing, all-filling, all-including, all-inclusive,
     all-pervading, allover, catholic, cosmopolitan, country-wide,
     ecumenic, galactic, global, heaven-wide, interchurch,
     interdenominational, international, national, nondenominational,
     planetary, total, undenominational, universal, world-wide