sectarian
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- noun
- /sɛkˈtɛr.i.ən/
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sectario
- With ethno-sectarian violence in remission, the replacements for purged sectarians are now much better able to resist militia pressure or political interference.
Examples
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The Pakistani government, therefore, only allowed aid to flow to those groups who rallied around a sectarian rather than a nationalist identity.
Academic text (2009) -
At the same time, some religious sectarians and radicals in the wake of the English Civil Wars proposed a vegetarian diet among other attributes of an imitation of Christ and a new, more egalitarian England.
Academic text (2011) -
Sectarians were suffering their own problems.
Academic text (2006) -
Describing a conflict as sectarian is usually followed by an explanation of what the specific sectarian cleavage is.
Blog text (31) -
Does this observation mean that the Dead Sea sectarians were Sadducees?
Academic text (1998) -
Can this observation still be reconciled with the conviction that the Dead Sea sectarians were Essenes?
Academic text (1998) -
Nor is there benefit for sectarians, idolaters, fanatics, or dilettantes.
Fiction book (1991) -
During that period, physicians tried to protect the public from unlicensed, magico-religious workers by curbing the number of sectarians, including homeopaths and eclectics, who challenged physicians' practices.
Academic text (2007) -
Upon realizing that the sheer number of alternative practitioners made it difficult to discredit them among the public, physicians were forced to make concessions by incorporating educated sectarians on licensing boards or creating separate boards for such groups as chiropractors and osteopaths.
Academic text (2007) -
As a sectarian, he participated in discussions that focused on the unique beliefs of his group.
Synonyms
A person who belongs to a small religious group separate from the main church
A person who supports one religious group more than others
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Morphology
Etymology
Sectarian comes from the word sect, from Latin secta meaning 'a group you follow' and from a root meaning 'to follow'. So a sectarian is a person who strongly follows and supports a particular small religious or political group.