Source : 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.
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}.
Source : WordNet®
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}]
sectarian
n : a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the
views of any other sect" [syn: {sectary}, {sectarist}]