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Sectary vs Sextary - What's the difference?

sectary | sextary |

As nouns the difference between sectary and sextary

is that sectary is a sectarian while sextary is an ancient roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an english pint or sextary can be (obsolete) a sacristy.

sectary

English

Noun

(sectaries)
  • A sectarian.
  • * 1953 , , “ Democratic Apologetics]” in [[w:Ethics (journal), Ethics] LXIII, ? 2 (January 1953), page 106, left column:
    • 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.
  • A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist.

    • sextary

    English

    Etymology 1

    Anglicized from (etyl)

    Noun

    (sextaries)
  • An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint.
  • An Old English measure of liquid, usually wine or cider, perhaps containing 6 gallons.
  • * 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 172.
    • The sextary seems to have contained 6 gallons, and is also used for cider and wine.
    Related terms
    * sextus * six

    Etymology 2

    For sextonry.

    Noun

    (sextaries)
  • (obsolete) A sacristy.
    • (Webster 1913)