Counter-sectarian

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    anti-sectarian rare

    "The exercises on that occasion, however, I was happy to be informed, were well calculated to strengthen the claims of that respectable institution on public patronage—claims which, from its separation from counter-sectarian influence, ought to be peculiarly owned by the members of our Communion."

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"The exercises on that occasion, however, I was happy to be informed, were well calculated to strengthen the claims of that respectable institution on public patronage—claims which, from its separation from counter-sectarian influence, ought to be peculiarly owned by the members of our Communion."

Etymology

From counter- + sectarian.

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