sectary

[ sek-tuh-ree ]

noun

, plural sec·ta·ries.

1. a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
2. a Protestant of nonconformist denomination, especially a minor one.
3. a person zealously devoted to a particular sect.

sectary

/ ˈsɛktərɪ /

noun

1. a member of a sect, esp a person who belongs to a religious sect that is regarded as heretical or schismatic
2. a person excessively devoted to a particular sect
3. a member of a Nonconformist denomination, esp one that is small

Word History and Origins

Origin of sectary¹

1550–60; < Medieval Latin sectārius, equivalent to sect ( a ) sect + -ārius -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of sectary¹

C16: from Medieval Latin sectārius, from Latin secta sect

Example Sentences

M. Combes is a sectary, a renegade seminarist given over to Freemasonry.

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Do we find that He assumed the tone of an enthusiast or ambitious sectary?

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In fact the history of no religious sectary indicates it to be a bond of love, union, or concord.

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At first he was regarded by his "pastors and masters" as a mere wilful, noisy, praying sectary.

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Lambert was a poor sectary, of whom he determined to make an example.

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