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polysectarian

polysectarian adjective: composed of many sects.

Adjective

polysectarian (comparative more polysectarian, superlative most polysectarian)

  1. Composed of many sects.
    • In time it became as impossible for polyglot and polysectarian America to provide a common religious standard for her public schools as for her Army or her railways.1919, The Dublin Review, Ed. Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, publ. W. Spooner, v.165, pg. 151
    • The reason for this are to be found in the polysectarian nature of Lebanon with the largest sect being a minority of the total population.1974, Pakistan Horizon, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, v.27, pg. 19

Forms of polysectarian

comparativemore polysectarian
superlativemost polysectarian

Origin of polysectarian

From poly- + sectarian.

Questions about polysectarian

What does polysectarian mean?
Polysectarian means composed of many sects.
What part of speech is polysectarian?
Polysectarian is an adjective.

Words near polysectarian in the dictionary

  1. polyschematists
  2. polyschizotomous
  3. polyscope
  4. polyscopes
  5. polyscopic
  6. polysectarian
  7. polysegmental
  8. polyselenide
  9. polyselenides
  10. polyselenido
  11. polyself

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