Sectary

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession; a sectarian.

    "Be it as it may: within the Land of Penn / The sectary yielded to the citizen, / And peaceful dwelt the many-creeded men."

  2. 2
    a member of a sect wordnet
  3. 3
    A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist.

Etymology

Either from the French sectaire or directly from its etymon, the Medieval Latin sectārius, from secta (“sect”). Cognates include the Italian settario and the Portuguese and Spanish sectario.

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