sectarian
English edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin sectarius + -an. Its corresponding etymology per the first sense is sect + -arian.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɛkˈtɛɹi.ən/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Adjective edit
sectarian (comparative more sectarian, superlative most sectarian)
- Of, relating to, or partial to a sect.
- We were discussing solutions to the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.
- Dogmatic or partisan.
- Parochial or narrow-minded.
- Bigoted.
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Translations edit
of, or relating to a sect
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dogmatic or partisan
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parochial or narrow-minded
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bigoted
Noun edit
sectarian (plural sectarians)
- A member of a sect.
- 1870, The Millennial Harbinger - Volume 41, page 423:
- An American sectarian, who has always lived within the high walls and in the close atmosphere of our intense sect-life here, and has always been accustomed to the dragonism of sect-authority and sect-jealousy, —is utterly amazed when for the first time he looks over his native sect-walls and comes to see the freedom of thought and utterance within the old churches of Europe.
- A bigot.
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Translations edit
member of a sect
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