Definitions for sectarian

sectarian sec·tar·i·an

Spelling: [sek-tair-ee-uh n]
IPA: /sɛkˈtɛər i ən/

Sectarian is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 790 anagrams from letters in sectarian (aaceinrst).

Definitions for sectarian

noun

  1. a member of a sect.
  2. a bigoted or narrow-minded adherent of a sect.

adjective

  1. of or relating to sectaries or sects.
  2. narrowly confined or devoted to a particular sect.
  3. narrowly confined or limited in interest, purpose, scope, etc.

Origin of sectarian

First recorded in 1640-50; sectary + -an

Examples for sectarian

If the U.S. does nothing, the Arab world will continue its slide into sectarian bigotry, political repression, and madness.

This would seem disastrous in the give-and-take of politics but it is in keeping with sectarian religious doctrine.

The minute you touch on religion, as commonly understood, you reach the sectarian.

It allows Maliki to obscure his own corruption and the role his sectarian policies played in fomenting the crisis.

Indeed, religious dissension and sectarian heat were in the very air.

If free with the sectarian, it should be free with the elector.

But I have never consulted the popular any more than the sectarian, Prejudice.

Was the government of the two Caimacams to be sectarian or geographical?

sectarian strife now empowers the civil wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen and Al Qaedaism flourishes in the chaos.

After the Iranian Revolution, discrimination took on a sectarian flavor.

Word Value for sectarian
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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