sectarian

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   belonging to or characteristic of a sect

   A sectarian mind.

2. 2
   adj

   of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects

   Sectarian differences.

3. 3
   noun

   a member of a sect

   Most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect.

4. 4
   adj

   Of, relating to, or partial to a sect.

   We were discussing solutions to the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.

From Medieval Latin sectarius + -an. Its corresponding etymology per the first sense is sect + -arian.

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