sectiuncle

English

Etymology

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Noun

sectiuncle (plural sectiuncles)

1. (rare) A little or petty sect.
   • January 1851, James Martineau, "The Battle of the Churches" in Westminster Review

     some new sect or sectiuncle

   • c. 1938, Samuel Beckett, “Review of Intercessions for transition”, in Times Literary Supplement:

     celebrating the sects , schisms , and sectiuncles that have had all the poets they are likely to want in this world at least.

References

• “sectiuncle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.