Sectarian

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sectarian
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects;
           "sectarian differences"
    2: belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind";
       "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook;
       "sectarian squabbles in psychology" [ant: {nonsectarian},
       {unsectarian}]
    n 1: a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the
         views of any other sect" [syn: {sectarian}, {sectary},
         {sectarist}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sectarian \Sec*ta"ri*an\, a.
   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.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sectarian \Sec*ta"ri*an\, 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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: See {Heretic}.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "sectarian":
      Bohemian, adherent, alienated, antiestablishment, apostate,
      at odds with, at variance with, beatification, beatitude, beatnik,
      bigot, bigoted, blessedness, blessing, breakaway, bug,
      canonization, clannish, cliquish, consecration, counter-culture,
      cultish, cultist, dedication, demurrer, denominational,
      denominationalist, deviant, devotion, differing, disagreeing,
      dissenter, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, doctrinaire,
      dogmatic, dogmatist, dropout, enshrinement, exaltation, extremist,
      factional, factionist, fanatic, fanatical, fiend, flower child,
      freak, glorification, grace, hallowing, heretic, heterodox, hippie,
      in opposition, insular, interested, justification,
      justification by works, limited, local, maverick, member, misfit,
      narrow, narrow-minded, nonconforming, nonconformist, nonjuror, nut,
      objector, opinionist, opposing, opposition voice, original,
      parochial, partial, partisan, party, prejudiced, prejudicial,
      protestant, protester, provincial, purification, recusant, rigid,
      sainthood, sainting, sanctification, schismatic, sectary,
      sectional, separatist, setting apart, small-town, splinter,
      state of grace, swinger, true believer, ugly duckling,
      unconformist, underground, unorthodox, votary, yippie, zealot

    

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