Another word for sectary | Synonyms for sectary

Another word for sectary

noun

One zealously devoted to a religion:
devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, votary, zealot. See belief, love, religion
A person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church:
dissenter, dissident, heretic, nonconformist, schismatic, sectarian, separationist, separatist. See religion

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But three earls of his own house - Carlisle, Suffolk and Berkshire - and the Lord Howard of Escrick, an ex-trooper of Cromwell's guard and an anabaptist sectary, gave their votes against him, his nephew Mowbray being the only peer of his name in the minority for acquittal.
In the following year, Mandi was menaced by a far more dangerous revolt, led by a sectary, known generally as Mokanna, or "the veiled one," because he always appeared in public wearing a mask.

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