Sectary
noun, plural sectaries.
1.
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
2.
a Protestant of nonconformist denomination, especially a minor one.
3.
a person zealously devoted to a particular sect.
noun (pl) -taries
1.
a member of a sect, esp a person who belongs to a religious sect that is regarded as heretical or schismatic
2.
a person excessively devoted to a particular sect
3.
a member of a Nonconformist denomination, esp one that is small
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