sectarianize

American  

[sek-tair-ee-uh-nahyz] / sɛkˈtɛər i əˌnaɪz /

especially British, sectarianise

verb (used with object)

sectarianized, sectarianizing

1. to make sectarian.

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sectarianize British  

/ sɛkˈtɛərɪəˌnaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to render sectarian

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Other Word Forms

• unsectarianize
  verb (used with object)

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Etymology

Origin of sectarianize

First recorded in 1835–45; sectarian + -ize

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sectarianized

Campbell objected to the name “Christians” as sectarianized by Stone, but “Disciples” never drove out of use the name “Christians.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

Paine could not indeed know his former births; and, indeed, each former self of his—Wycliffe, Fox, Roger Williams—was sectarianized beyond recognition.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway

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