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NONSECTARIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonsectarian mean?
• NONSECTARIAN (adjective)
The adjective NONSECTARIAN has 1 sense:
1. not restricted to one sect or school or party
Familiarity information: NONSECTARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not restricted to one sect or school or party
Synonyms:
nonsectarian; unsectarian
Context example:
a wide and unsectarian interest in religion
Similar:
ecumenic; ecumenical; oecumenic; oecumenical (concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions)
interchurch; interdenominational (occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations)
nondenominational (not restricted to a particular religious denomination)
undenominational (not bound or devoted to the promotion of a particular denomination)
Antonym:
sectarian (belonging to or characteristic of a sect)
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