- (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.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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