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sectarian

sec·ta·rian

UK/sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/ US/sɛkˈtɛɹi.ən/ uncommon
adjective (2) noun (1)

adjective

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”
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noun

1.

a member of a sect

  • “most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect”
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Origin

From Medieval Latin sectarius + -an. Its corresponding etymology per the first sense is sect + -arian.

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