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sect | presectarian |

As a noun sect

is an offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

As an adjective presectarian is

prior to sects; prior to sectarianism.

sect

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Noun

(en noun)
  • An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.
    • A religious sect .
  • A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
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  • (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.

    • Related terms

    * sectarian

    See also

    * cult

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    presectarian

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    Alternative forms

    * pre-sectarian

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Prior to sects; prior to sectarianism.
  • *1966 , Martin R. P. McGuire, "Louis-Sebastien le Nain de Tillemont," The Catholic Historical Review , Vol. 52, No. 2, Jul., 1966, (pp. 186-200), pg. 190:
  • *:He makes the important observation that Tillemont embodied the presectarian and pre-Jansenist traditions of Port-Royal (pp. 278-279).
  • *1990 , Seamus Deane, "Introduction," in Nationalism, Colonialism, and Literature , University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 9780816618637, pg. 9:
  • *:In Ireland, just at this time undergoing its literary revival, the Edenic moment was displaced back into the pre-Christian (and therefore presectarian ) past and the model figures that emerged as types of Irish identity were, of necessity, legendary—like Cuchalain—and, by nature, susceptible to almost any reformulation.
  • *2007 , Bilhah Nitzan, "Traditional and Atypical Motifs in Penitential Prayers from Qumran," Seeking the Favor of God: The Development of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism , vol. 2, Ed. Mark J Boda, Daniel K Falk, and Rodney Alan Werline, Society of Biblical Literature, ISBN 9781589832787, pg. 208:
  • *:Nevertheless, the suggestion of a presectarian origin for some of the prayers dealt with in this essay, either close to the ideology and reality of the Qumran community or reflecting a slightly dualistic atmosphere, is a vague solution.