Meaning

2 senses
  1. A member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession; a sectarian.

    секта́нтsektánt

    a member of a sect

  2. A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist.

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
member of a particular sect, etc.:

Origin

Either from the French sectaire or directly from its etymon, the Medieval Latin sectārius,

Either from the French sectaire or directly from its etymon, the Medieval Latin sectārius, from secta (“sect”). Cognates include the Italian settario and the Portuguese and Spanish sectario.

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Forms

plural: sectaries
Singularsectary
Pluralsectaries

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sectary — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto