SECTARIAN DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
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] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) sectarian I. adjective Date: 1649 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian 2. limited in character or scope ; parochial • sectarianism noun II. noun Date: 1819 1. an adherent of a sect 2. a narrow or bigoted person Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary sectarian Sectarian means resulting from the differences between different religions. He was the fifth person to be killed in sectarian violence last week... ADJ: usu ADJ n English Explanatory Dictionary sectarian sekˈtɛərɪən adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or concerning a sect. 2 bigoted or narrow-minded in following the doctrines of one's sect. --n. 1 a member of a sect. 2 a bigot. øøsectarianism n. sectarianize v.tr. (also -ise). [SECTARY] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Sectarian \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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Syn: See Heretic. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms sectarian I. a. Party, schismatical, exclusive, narrow, intolerant. II. n. Sectary, partisan, schismatic. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) sectarian sekˈtɛərɪən adj. 1 cultist, cultish, clannish, cliquish, partisan, partial, dogmatic, doctrinaire, factional: They seldom mingle with others, maintaining their sectarian existence. 2 parochial, narrow, narrow-minded, limited, insular, provincial, rigid, fanatic(al), prejudicial, prejudiced, bigoted: Because they refused to consider ideas other than their own, they gradually became more and more sectarian in their views. --n. 3 adherent, member, sectary, votary, cultist, partisan: They tried to banish Anabaptists, Lutherans, Calvinists, and other sectarians. 4 (true) believer, dogmatist, fanatic, bigot, zealot, extremist, Slang nut, bug, fiend: Some of the sectarians engage in the ritualistic handling of live rattlesnakes. 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 |
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