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)

Etymology

Origin of sectarianize

First recorded in 1835–45; sectarian + -ize

Example Sentences

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sectarianized

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 Conway, Moncure Daniel

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