sectarian

sectarian is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices.
2. noun. One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a state.
3. noun. a member of a sect

   "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect"

   Synonyms: sectarist, sectary

4. adjective. belonging to or characteristic of a sect- Sidney Hook

   "a sectarian mind"

   "the negations of sectarian ideology"

5. adjective. of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects

   "sectarian differences"

Synonyms

sectarist, sectary

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sectarian:

ascertain, cartesian, cartisane, craniates

Common word forms

sectarians, sectarianly, sectarianise, sectarianize

Words from these letters

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