Meaning & use
Sectary
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A member of a sect, especially one who is a zealous or dogmatic adherent to its beliefs.
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The pamphlet was written by a religious sectary determined to convert his neighbors.
Historians describe the group as a small band of sectaries who broke away from the established church.
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Most common in historical and religious writing, particularly describing dissenting Protestant groups of 16th- and 17th-century England.
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