Sectarian

[sek'teərɪən] or [sɛk'tɛrɪən]

Definition

(noun.) a member of a sect; 'most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect'.

(adj.) belonging to or characteristic of a sect; 'a sectarian mind'; 'the negations of sectarian ideology'- Sidney Hook; 'sectarian squabbles in psychology' .

(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects; 'sectarian differences' .

Editor: Shelton--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(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.

Typed by Geraldine

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Sectary, partisan.

Typed by Claire

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Party, schismatical, narrow, bigoted, exclusive, denominational, divisional,intolerant

ANT:Broad, catholic, comprehensive, tolerant, latitudinarian, indifferent,universal

Typist: Waldo