English Explanatory Dictionary

sectary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession; a sectarian.
  2. A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist.

Word forms

sectary sectaries

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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