sectarian

4 definitions found

sectarian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sectarian \Sec*ta"ri*an\, a.
     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.
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  Sectarian \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: See Heretic.
          [1913 Webster]

sectarian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sectarian
      adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects;
             "sectarian differences"
      2: belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind";
         "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook;
         "sectarian squabbles in psychology" [ant: nonsectarian,
         unsectarian]
      n 1: a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the
           views of any other sect" [syn: sectarian, sectary,
           sectarist]

sectarian - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "sectarian":
     Bohemian, adherent, alienated, antiestablishment, apostate,
     at odds with, at variance with, beatification, beatitude, beatnik,
     bigot, bigoted, blessedness, blessing, breakaway, bug,
     canonization, clannish, cliquish, consecration, counter-culture,
     cultish, cultist, dedication, demurrer, denominational,
     denominationalist, deviant, devotion, differing, disagreeing,
     dissenter, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, doctrinaire,
     dogmatic, dogmatist, dropout, enshrinement, exaltation, extremist,
     factional, factionist, fanatic, fanatical, fiend, flower child,
     freak, glorification, grace, hallowing, heretic, heterodox, hippie,
     in opposition, insular, interested, justification,
     justification by works, limited, local, maverick, member, misfit,
     narrow, narrow-minded, nonconforming, nonconformist, nonjuror, nut,
     objector, opinionist, opposing, opposition voice, original,
     parochial, partial, partisan, party, prejudiced, prejudicial,
     protestant, protester, provincial, purification, recusant, rigid,
     sainthood, sainting, sanctification, schismatic, sectary,
     sectional, separatist, setting apart, small-town, splinter,
     state of grace, swinger, true believer, ugly duckling,
     unconformist, underground, unorthodox, votary, yippie, zealot