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Grammar : Noun

Spell : sek-tuh-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛk tə ri

Definition of sectary

Origin : "member or adherent of a sect," 1550s, from French sectaire or directly from Medieval Latin sectarius, from secta (see sect).

noun separatist
noun devotee

Example sentences :

In form, he was certainly an Episcopalian, though not a sectary of that denomination.
Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper

He appears on the stage as a sectary, and plays his part with resolute energy.
Extract from : « From the Easy Chair, vol. 1 » by George William Curtis

Such is the contrast between the sectary and the philosopher.
Extract from : « How to Observe » by Harriet Martineau

When he dons the garb of the sectary, he naturally becomes weakened, and loses his chief charm.
Extract from : « John Greenleaf Whittier » by W. Sloane Kennedy

Thus it will be seen that Wanless, though in his way a profoundly religious man, was in no sense a sectary.
Extract from : « The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant » by Alexander Johnstone Wilson

No wonder, thought I, that the doctor called Mr. Gerard a sectary, and that Mr. Long was so cold and distant in his manner!
Extract from : « Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 » by James Payn

But this sense, once ascertained to the mind of the sectary, was to be taken for pure truth—for the very word of God.
Extract from : « Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions » by Thomas H. Huxley

Persecution has the same effect in politics, that it has in religion; it confirms the sectary.
Extract from : « Novanglus, and Massachusettensis » by John Adams

M. Combes is a sectary, a renegade seminarist given over to Freemasonry.
Extract from : « The War Upon Religion » by Rev. Francis A. Cunningham

If we really thought he came hither as a man and not a sectary, for instance, it were pity of our life.
Extract from : « From the Easy Chair, vol. 1 » by George William Curtis

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