nonsectarian
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6.9
- adjective
- /ˌnɒn.sɛkˈtɛr.i.ən/
:
no sectario
- Founded in 1854, it is a nonsectarian, coeducational, privately controlled, and state-aided college of liberal arts.
- nonsectarian school
- nonsectarian colleges
- nonsectarian invocation
Examples
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The practice of including nonsectarian invocations in public school graduation ceremonies was held to be constitutional.
Academic text (1991) -
The amendment was necessary to ensure that prayer and Bible reading were allowed "under proper nonsectarian conditions in public education."
Academic text (1991) -
The women of the Council also had more time and resources that could be used for nonsectarian causes.
Academic text (2003) -
Brandeis University is a private, coeducational, and nonsectarian institution of higher learning and research.
Academic text (1993) -
In 1990, Wisconsin enacted legislation allowing a limited number of Milwaukee children to receive educational vouchers redeemable at nonsectarian private schools.
Academic text (1992) -
Keep the invocation nonsectarian and emphasize the legitimate secular purpose of creating an atmosphere of solemnity for this rite of passage.
Academic text (1991) -
The influential thinkers of the nineteenth century continued the process of replacing orthodox Christian institutions and dogmas with various nonsectarian spiritual perspectives.
Academic text (1993) -
Thus, in December 1967, Najjar and thirty-six Arab-Americans formed a nonsectarian organization with two goals: to promote an understanding of "the Arab case" to the American public, and to solidify "ties amongst Arab Americans of potential benefit to the Arab world."
Academic text (2018) -
When asked which objectives they "considered to be essential or very important," 70.3 percent of freshman women at nonsectarian four-year colleges checked off "raising a family," compared to 76.5 percent at Catholic colleges and 73.8 percent at other religious colleges.
Academic text (2003) -
Brandeis University is a private, coeducational, and nonsectarian institution of higher learning and research.
Synonyms
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7.2
Does not belong to any single religious group
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6.8
Not based on any particular political or religious beliefs
Open to people of all religions and groups
Not following a group's official beliefs
Open to new ideas and willing to change views
Open to different ideas and willing to change views
Open to different beliefs and ideas
Being open to different religious opinions and practices
Antonyms
How Sectarian
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonsectarian is built from non- ('not') and sect ('group' or 'part'). Think of section to remember sect, because it means a 'part'. So nonsectarian describes something 'not tied to one group', like a school or charity that welcomes people of different beliefs.