- (a.) Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels.
- (a.) Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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