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sectary

sec·tary

uncommon

noun

1.

a member of a sect

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

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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