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Webster 1913 Edition
Sectary
Sec′ta-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Sectaries
(#)
. [F.
sectaire
. See Sect
.] A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter.
I never knew that time in England when men of truest religion were not counted
sectaries
. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sectary
SECT'ARY
, n. 1. A person who separates from an established church, or from the prevailing denomination of christians; one that belongs to a sect; a dissenter.
2. a follower; a pupil. [Not in use.]
Definition 2024
sectary
sectary
English
Noun
sectary (plural sectaries)
- A sectarian.
- 1953, T.V. Smith, “Democratic Apologetics” in Ethics LXIII, № 2 (January 1953), page 106, left column:
- It is this spirit which inspires sectaries to deprecate the public schools and, if they cannot divert part of the tax support, then to foist upon this free system the shadow of their own beclouded vision.
- 1953, T.V. Smith, “Democratic Apologetics” in Ethics LXIII, № 2 (January 1953), page 106, left column:
- A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist.