sectary
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
a Protestant of nonconformist denomination, especially a minor one.
a person zealously devoted to a particular sect.
Origin of sectary
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How to use sectary in a sentence
M. Combes is a sectary, a renegade seminarist given over to Freemasonry.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamDo we find that He assumed the tone of an enthusiast or ambitious sectary?
In fact the history of no religious sectary indicates it to be a bond of love, union, or concord.
Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues | John AlbergerAt first he was regarded by his "pastors and masters" as a mere wilful, noisy, praying sectary.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice DaviesLambert was a poor sectary, of whom he determined to make an example.
The Law of Civilization and Decay | Brooks Adams
British Dictionary definitions for sectary
/ (ˈsɛktərɪ) /
a member of a sect, esp a person who belongs to a religious sect that is regarded as heretical or schismatic
a person excessively devoted to a particular sect
a member of a Nonconformist denomination, esp one that is small
Origin of sectary
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