nonsectarian

comparative more nonsectarian · superlative most nonsectarian · alternative non-sectarian

1. Not sectarian.

   Synonyms: nondenominational, nonfactious, unfactious

2. Of or pertaining to nonsectarianism.

   The children will not go to church, few will attend Sunday school, but they will attend a nonsectarian Bible school.

   1818, Methodist Review, Methodist Book Concern, page 538

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   The cottage institutions are first divided into two sections; the nonsectarian and those under some church management.

   1915, William Henry Slingerland, Child Welfare Work in Pennsylvania: A Co-operative Study of Child-helping Agencies and Institutions, Russell Sage Foundation, Dept. of Child-helping, pg. 167

   Christian Arabs, as members of a restricted minority community, had a special interest in promoting the concept of equality based on nonsectarian considerations, but the appeal of a shared sentiment of Arabness attracted Muslims too.

   2009, William L Cleveland and Martin Bunton, A History of the Modern Middle East, 4th edition, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 131

   Synonyms: nondenominational

plural nonsectarians · alternative non-sectarian

1. One who is not a sectarian.