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asectarian

asectarian adjective: not sectarian; lacking sectarianism.

Adjective

asectarian (comparative more asectarian, superlative most asectarian)

  1. (uncommon) Not sectarian; lacking sectarianism.
    • The asectarian comradeship of the very early thirties yielded to unofficial manipulation of religious differences as the decade advanced.1999, Seán McMahon, Sam Hanna Bell: a biography, Blackstaff Press, →ISBN, page 114
    • Muir came from a religious home where doctrine and theology were somewhat ambiguous as a result of the asectarian Disciples doctrine.2002, Dennis C. Williams, God's Wilds: John Muir's Vision of Nature^([199]), Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 199

Forms of asectarian

comparativemore asectarian
superlativemost asectarian

Origin of asectarian

* a- + sectarian

Questions about asectarian

What does asectarian mean?
Asectarian means not sectarian; lacking sectarianism.
What part of speech is asectarian?
Asectarian is an adjective.

Words near asectarian in the dictionary

  1. asebotoxin
  2. asebotoxins
  3. Asec
  4. asecretion
  5. asecretory
  6. asectarian
  7. Aseem
  8. aseethe
  9. asegmental
  10. aseismatic
  11. aseismic

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