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21Sectarian democracy — Sectarian democracies are multiethnic/multifactional countries where the ethnic group with the greatest power has a democratic government that does not allow minorities to participate in the democratic process of that nation.There are several… …
22sectarian religion — Sectarianism is the general name given to a broad tradition of lay religious teachings, also referred to as the ‘White Lotus’. This tradition developed out of Buddhist devotional societies of the Song dynasty, and grew to encompass elements of… …
23Sectarian violence in Pakistan — Pakistan, the country with the second largest Muslim population in the world, has seen serious Shia Sunni sectarian violence. Almost 77% of Pakistan s population is Sunni, with 20% being Shia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan#Demographics]… …
24sectarian school — A school maintained by a church or religious body, usually giving sectarian instruction. A school which fosters and, in its instruction, to some extent, propagates the belief and doctrine of some particular religious sect. Hackett v Brooksville… …
25sectarian book — A book which shows that it teaches the peculiar dogmas of a religious sect as such. A book is not sectarian which merely comprehends the dogmas as interpreted by a part of the adherents of a sect; nor is a book sectarian merely because it was… …
26sectarian teaching — See sectarian instruction …
27sectarian — sectarianly, adv. /sek tair ee euhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to sectaries or sects. 2. narrowly confined or devoted to a particular sect. 3. narrowly confined or limited in interest, purpose, scope, etc. n. 4. a member of a sect. 5. a bigoted… …
28sectarian — 1. adjective /sɛkˈtɛəriən,sɛkˈtɛriən/ a) Of, or relating to a sect. b) Dogmatic or partisan. 2. noun /sɛkˈtɛəriən,sɛkˈtɛriən/ a) A member of a sect. b) A …
29sectarian — Synonyms and related words: Bohemian, adherent, alienated, antiestablishment, apostate, at odds with, at variance with, beatification, beatitude, beatnik, bigot, bigoted, blessedness, blessing, breakaway, bug, canonization, clannish, cliquish,… …
30sectarian — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. denominational; nonconformist, unorthodox, heterodox, heretical; dissident, schismatic, recusant, iconoclastic. See dissent, heterodoxy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. denominational, narrow minded,… …
