Defn: Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices.
SECTARIAN
Sec*ta"ri*an, n.
Defn: One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a state.
Syn.
— See Heretic.
SECTARIANISM
Sec*ta"ri*an*ism, n.
Defn: The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational zeal; adherence to a separate church organization.
SECTARIANIZE
Sec*ta"ri*an*ize, v. t.
Defn: To imbue with sectarian feelings; to subject to the control of a sect.
SECTARISM
Sec"ta*rism, n.
Defn: Sectarianism. [Obs.]