sectarian

UK /sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/ US /sɛkˈtɛɹi.ən/
adj 4noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

Of, relating to, or partial to a sect.

We were discussing solutions to the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.

2

Dogmatic or partisan.

3

Parochial or narrow-minded.

4

Bigoted.

noun

1

A member of a sect.

An American sectarian, who has always lived within the high walls and in the close atmosphere of our intense sect-life here, and has always been accustomed to the dragonism of sect-authority and sect-jealousy, —is utterly amazed when for the first time he looks over his native sect-walls and comes to see the freedom of thought and utterance within the old churches of Europe.

2

A bigot.

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