Sectarian - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sekˈterɪən|  American pronunciation of the word sectarian
Brit.  |sekˈteərɪən|  British pronunciation of the word sectarian

noun

- a member of a sect (syn: sectary)
most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect

adjective

- of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects
sectarian differences
- belonging to or characteristic of a sect
a sectarian mind
the negations of sectarian ideology
sectarian squabbles in psychology

Extra examples

The country was split along sectarian lines.

...there are people on both the left and the right who have staked out unyielding sectarian positions in this debate...

...charged that the work of Congress has been stymied by sectarians who are indifferent to reason and intolerant of compromise...

...an eruption of sectarian violence that proved to be the prelude to all-out civil war...

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