Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sectary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: sec-tary
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession; a sectarian.

noun

A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist.

Example Sentences

"Be it as it may: within the Land of Penn / The sectary yielded to the citizen, / And peaceful dwelt the many-creeded men."
"It is this spirit which inspires sectaries to deprecate the public schools and, if they cannot divert part of the tax support, then to foist upon this free system the shadow of their own beclouded vision."

Etymology

Either from the French sectaire or directly from its etymon, the Medieval Latin sectārius, from secta (“sect”). Cognates include the Italian settario and the Portuguese and Spanish sectario.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: sectaire, sectārius

Inflected Forms

sectaries (plural)

Synonyms

sectarian sectarist

Questions

What does sectary mean?: A member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession; a sectarian.
Where does sectary come from?: It is traced to French.

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