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Sectary definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SECT'ARY, n.
1. A person who separates from an established church, or from the prevailing denomination of christians; one that belongs to a sect; a dissenter.
2. a follower; a pupil. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

noun (plural -ries) Date: 1556 a member of a sect

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) a member of a religious or political sect. Etymology: med.L sectarius adherent (as SECT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sectary Sec"ta*ry, n.;pl. Sectaries. [F. sectaire. See Sect.] A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter. I never knew that time in England when men of truest religion were not counted sectaries. --Milton.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Dissenter, non-conformist. 2. Separatist, schismatic, seceder, sectarian.

Moby Thesaurus

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