Definitions for: Sectarian

[n] a member of a sect who is intolerant of the views of any other sect
[adj] belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind"; "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook; "sectarian squabbles in psychology"
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects; "sectarian differences"

Webster (1913) Definition: Sec*ta"ri*an, 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.

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.

Syn: See Heretic.

Synonyms: denominational, narrow-minded, partisan

Antonyms: nonsectarian, unsectarian

See Also: bigot

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