sectarian as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
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sectarian
noun
1 sectarian
A member of a sect:
— Most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect.
synonyms: sectarist, sectary.
Roget 984:
heterodoxy;
error
etc.
495;
false doctrine,
heresy,
schism;
schismaticism†,
schismaticalness;
recusancy,
backsliding,
apostasy;
atheism
etc.
(irreligion)
989†.
bigotry
etc.
(obstinacy)
606;
fanaticism,
iconoclasm;
hyperorthodoxy†,
precisianism†,
bibliolatry†,
sabbatarianism†,
puritanism;
anthropomorphism;
idolatry
etc.
991;
superstition
etc.
(credulity)
486;
dissent
etc.
489.
sectarism†,
sectarianism;
noncomformity†;
secularism;
syncretism†.
[religious sects.]
protestantism,
Arianism†,
Adventism,
Jansenism,
Stundism†,
Erastianism†,
Calvinism,
quakerism†,
methodism,
anabaptism†,
Puseyism,
tractarianism†,
ritualism,
Origenism,
Sabellianism,
Socinianism†,
Deism,
Theism,
materialism,
positivism,
latitudinarianism
etc.
High Church,
Low Church,
Broad Church,
Free Church;
ultramontanism†;
papism,
papistry;
monkery†;
papacy;
Anglicanism,
Catholicism,
Romanism;
popery,
Scarlet Lady,
Church of Rome,
Greek Church.
paganism,
heathenism,
ethicism†;
mythology;
polytheism,
ditheism†,
tritheism†;
dualism;
heathendom†.
Judaism,
Gentilism†,
Islamism,
Islam,
Mohammedanism,
Babism†,
Sufiism,
Neoplatonism,
Turcism†,
Brahminism,
Hinduism,
Buddhism,
Sabianism,
Gnosticism,
Hylotheism†,
Mormonism;
Christian Science.
heretic,
apostate,
antichrist†;
pagan,
heathen;
painim†,
paynim†;
giaour†;
gentile;
pantheist,
polytheist;
idolator.
schismatic;
sectary,
sectarian,
sectarist†;
seceder,
separatist,
recusant,
dissenter;
nonconformist,
nonjuror†.
bigot
etc.
(obstinacy)
606;
fanatic,
abdal†,
iconoclast.
latitudinarian,
Deist,
Theist,
Unitarian;
positivist,
materialist;
Homoiousian†,
Homoousian†,
limitarian†,
theosophist,
ubiquitarian†;
skeptic
etc.
989.
Protestant;
Huguenot;
orthodox dissenter,
Congregationalist,
Independent;
Episcopalian,
Presbyterian;
Lutheran,
Calvinist,
Methodist,
Wesleyan;
Ana†,
Baptist;
Mormon,
Latter-day Saint†,
Irvingite,
Sandemanian,
Glassite,
Erastian;
Sublapsarian,
Supralapsarian†;
Gentoo,
Antinomian†,
Swedenborgian†;
Adventist†,
Bible Christian,
Bryanite,
Brownian,
Christian Scientist,
Dunker,
Ebionite,
Eusebian;
Faith Curer†,
Curist†;
Familist†,
Jovinianist,
Libadist†,
Quaker,
Restitutionist†,
Shaker,
Stundist,
Tunker
&c.;
ultramontane;
Anglican†,
Oxford School;
tractarian†,
Puseyite,
ritualist;
Puritan.
Catholic,
Roman,
Catholic,
Romanist,
papist.
Jew,
Hebrew,
Rabbinist,
Rabbist†,
Sadducee;
Babist†,
Motazilite;
Mohammedan,
Mussulman,
Moslem,
Shiah,
Sunni,
Wahabi,
Osmanli.
Brahmin†,
Brahman†;
Parsee,
Sufi,
Buddhist;
Magi,
Gymnosophist†,
fire worshiper,
Sabian,
Gnostic,
Rosicrucian
etc.
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Roget 711:
auxiliary;
recruit;
assistant;
adjuvant,
adjutant;
ayudante†,
coaid†;
adjunct;
help,
helper,
help mate,
helping hand;
midwife;
colleague,
partner,
mate,
confrere,
cooperator;
coadjutor,
coadjutrix†;
collaborator.
ally;
friend
etc.
890,
confidant,
fidus Achates [Lat.],
pal,
buddy,
alter ego.
[criminal law]
confederate;
accomplice;
complice;
accessory,
accessory after the fact;
particeps criminis [Lat.];
socius criminis [Lat.].
aide-de-camp,
secretary,
clerk,
associate,
marshal;
right-hand,
right-hand man,
Friday,
girl Friday,
man Friday,
gopher,
gofer;
candle-holder,
bottle-holder;
handmaid;
servant
etc.
746;
puppet,
cat's-paw,
jackal†.
tool,
dupe,
stooge,
ame damnee [Fr.];
satellite,
adherent.
votary;
sectarian,
secretary;
seconder,
backer,
upholder,
abettor,
advocate,
partisan,
champion,
patron,
friend at court,
mediator;
angel
(theater, entertainment).
friend in need,
Jack at a pinch,
deus ex machina [Lat.],
guardian angel,
tutelary genius.
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Dutch: sektariër
Polish: sekciarz
adjective
1 sectarian
Of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects.
Roget 489:
dissenting
etc.
v.;
negative
etc.
536;
dissident,
dissentient;
unconsenting
etc.
(refusing)
764;
non-content,
nonjuring†;
protestant,
recusant;
unconvinced,
unconverted.
unavowed,
unacknowledged;
out of the question.
discontented
etc.
832;
unwilling
etc.
603;
extorted.
sectarian,
denominational,
schismatic;
heterodox;
intolerant.
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Roget 984:
heterodox,
heretical;
unorthodox,
unscriptural,
uncanonical;
antiscriptural†,
apocryphal;
unchristian,
antichristian†;
schismatic,
recusant,
iconoclastic;
sectarian;
dissenting,
dissident;
secular
&c.,
(lay)
997.
pagan;
heathen,
heathenish;
ethnic,
ethnical;
gentile,
paynim†;
pantheistic,
polytheistic.
Judaical,
Mohammedan,
Brahminical†,
Buddhist
etc.
n.;
Romish,
Protestant
etc.
n..
bigoted
etc.
(prejudiced)
481,
(obstinate)
606;
superstitious
etc.
(credulous)
486;
fanatical;
idolatrous
etc.
991;
visionary
etc.
(imaginative)
515.
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Roget 983:
theological,
religious;
denominational;
sectarian
etc.
984.
Polish: sekciarski
2 sectarian
Belonging to or characteristic of a sect.
Polish: sekciarski
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