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SECTARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sectary mean? 

SECTARY (noun)
  The noun SECTARY has 1 sense:

1. a member of a sectplay

  Familiarity information: SECTARY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SECTARY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a sect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

sectarian; sectarist; sectary

Context example:

most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect

Hypernyms ("sectary" is a kind of...):

bigot (a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own)


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