sectary
noun
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
sectaries
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pluralof sectary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Salon called and emailed the offices of sectaries Kerry and Carter, as well as the Departments of State and Defense, multiple times with requests for comment.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2016
These new California sectaries around Miller are no exception.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her father gets his graceful due: To truth a shield, to right a wall, To sectaries a whip and maul.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their chief centre was Wetterau, where, in the house of Count Casimir von Berleburg, all persecuted pietists, separatists, fanatics, and sectaries found refuge.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
Thereby these sectaries were authorized to claim a part of the usufruct of parochial properties, and to employ in their services the use of Catholic churches and vestments.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham
