sectarian

1. 1

   Of, relating to, or partial to a sect.

   • We were discussing solutions to the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.
2. 2

   Dogmatic or partisan.

   • The Hariri-Aoun agreement has shown that Hezbollah can bring the national political system to a halt. This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collectio
3. 3

   Parochial or narrow-minded.

4. 4

   Bigoted.

ant. nonsectarian

1. 1

   A member of a sect.

   • An American sectarian, who has always lived within the high walls and in the close atmosphere of our intense sect-life here, and has always been accustomed to the dragonism of sect-authority and sect-jealousy, —is utterly amazed when for th
2. 2

   A bigot.