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sec⋅ta⋅ry

  [sek-tuh-ree]
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–noun, plural -ries.
1. a member of a particular sect, esp. an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
2. a Protestant of nonconformist denomination, esp. a minor one.
3. a person zealously devoted to a particular sect.
Origin:
1550–60; < ML sectārius, equiv. to sect(a) sect + -ārius -ary
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sec·ta·ry   (sěk'tə-rē)   
n.   pl. sec·ta·ries

  1. A sectarian.

  2. A dissenter from an established church, especially a Protestant nonconformist.


[Medieval Latin sectārius, from Latin secta, sect; see sect.]
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