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denominational
Of or pertaining to a denomination
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  1. Of or pertaining to a denomination
  2. Of, sponsored by, or under the control of a religious denomination; sectarian
narrow-minded
Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas
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  1. Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas
  2. Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
  3. Limited in outlook or lacking in tolerance; not open-minded; bigoted, prejudiced, etc.
limited
Not attaining the highest goals or achievement:
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  1. Not attaining the highest goals or achievement:
  2. Of or designating a partnership in which the liability of certain of its partners is limited to the amount of their individual investments
  3. Confined or restricted within certain limits:
parochial
Of or relating to parochial schools.
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  1. Of or relating to parochial schools.
  2. Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook; provincial:
  3. Restricted to a small area or scope; narrow; limited; provincial
bigoted
Being or characteristic of a bigot:
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  1. Being or characteristic of a bigot:
  2. Being a bigot; biased; strongly prejudiced; forming opinions without just cause.
dissenter
One who dissents:
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  1. One who dissents:
  2. A British Protestant who does not belong to the Anglican Church; Nonconformist
  3. One who refuses to accept the doctrines or usages of an established or a national church, especially a Protestant who dissents from the Church of England.
nonconformist
One who does not conform to, or refuses to be bound by, accepted beliefs, customs, or practices.
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  1. One who does not conform to, or refuses to be bound by, accepted beliefs, customs, or practices.
  2. A British Protestant who does not belong to the Anglican Church; Dissenter
  3. A person who does not act in conformity with generally accepted beliefs and practices
partisan
A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
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  1. A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
  2. A member of an organized body of fighters who attack or harass an enemy, especially within occupied territory; a guerrilla.
  3. Any of a group of guerrilla fighters; esp., a member of an organized civilian force fighting covertly to drive out occupying enemy troops
zealot
A member of a Jewish movement of the first century ad that fought against Roman rule in Palestine as incompatible with strict monotheism.
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  1. A member of a Jewish movement of the first century ad that fought against Roman rule in Palestine as incompatible with strict monotheism.
  2. A person who is zealous, esp. to an extreme degree; fanatic
  3. Among the ancient Jews, a member of a radical political and religious sect that openly resisted Roman rule in Palestine
rebel
One who engages in armed resistance against the established government of one's country
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  1. One who engages in armed resistance against the established government of one's country
  2. A person who resists or defies authority or convention.
  3. A Confederate soldier
dissenter
One who dissents:
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  1. One who dissents:
  2. One who refuses to accept the doctrines or usages of an established or a national church, especially a Protestant who dissents from the Church of England.
  3. A British Protestant who does not belong to the Anglican Church; Nonconformist
dissident
A dissident person; dissenter
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  1. A dissident person; dissenter
  2. One who disagrees; a dissenter.
heretic
A person who professes a heresy; esp., a church member who holds beliefs opposed to church dogma
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  1. A person who professes a heresy; esp., a church member who holds beliefs opposed to church dogma
  2. A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
nonconformist
One who does not conform to, or refuses to be bound by, accepted beliefs, customs, or practices.
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  1. One who does not conform to, or refuses to be bound by, accepted beliefs, customs, or practices.
  2. A person who does not act in conformity with generally accepted beliefs and practices
  3. A member of a Protestant church not observing the doctrines, usage, or polity of a national or established church, especially the Church of England.
schismatic
One who promotes or engages in schism.
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  1. One who promotes or engages in schism.
  2. A person who causes or participates in schism
sectary
A sectarian.
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  1. A sectarian.
  2. A dissenter from an established church, especially a Protestant nonconformist.
  3. A Dissenter; Nonconformist
separatist
A person who withdraws or secedes, esp. a member of a group that has seceded from a larger group; dissenter
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  1. A person who withdraws or secedes, esp. a member of a group that has seceded from a larger group; dissenter
  2. One who secedes or advocates separation from a group, as from a nation or an established church.
  3. A person who advocates political, religious, or racial separation
Find another word for sectarian. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for sectarian, like: denominational, narrow-minded, limited, parochial, prejudiced, bigoted, dissenter, nonconformist, partisan, zealot and rebel.

Sentence Examples

  • Amana was the strongest in numbers of the few sectarian communities in America which outlived the 19th century.

  • Of the propositions of sectarian theologians he said that confidence was the first, and the second, and the third part.

  • The more important sectarian schools are Wake Forest College (Baptist, opened 1834 as a " manual labour and classical institute "; as a college, 1838) at Wake Forest, 16 m.

  • But economic laws are often too strong for civil vagaries or sectarian fanaticism, and as the commerce of Austria suffered by the absence of the Jews, it was impossible to exclude the latter from the fairs in the provinces of from the markets of the capital.

  • In carrying out his work he met with bitter opposition, being attacked particularly by certain school-masters of Boston who strongly disapproved of his pedagogical theories and innovations, and by various religious sectaries, who contended against the exclusion of all sectarian instruction from the schools.

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