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sectarians

sectarians is the plural of sectarian.

Meaning of sectarian

Noun

sectarian (plural sectarians)

  1. A member of a sect.
    • An American sectarian, who has always lived within the high walls and in the close atmosphere of our intense sect-life here, and has always been accustomed to the dragonism of sect-authority and sect-jealousy, —is utterly amazed when for the first time he looks over his native sect-walls and comes...1870, The Millennial Harbinger - Volume 41, page 423
  2. A bigot.

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Questions about sectarians

What is sectarians the plural of?
Sectarians is the plural of sectarian.

Words near sectarians in the dictionary

  1. sectarianize
  2. sectarianized
  3. sectarianizes
  4. sectarianizing
  5. sectarianly
  6. sectarians
  7. sectaries
  8. sectarism
  9. sectarisms
  10. sectarist
  11. sectarists

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