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multisectarian en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English sectarian English multisectarian From multi- + sectarian.

Meanings

1. Composed of multiple sects; pertaining to sectarianism regarding multiple sects.
   • Hundreds of Palestinians have been forced to leave — 10 percent of Bethlehem's Christian population has emigrated in the past few years alone, which has affected the multisectarian social fabric of the city where Christ was born. 2008, Saree Makdisi, Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 196:
   • … and that from God springs the laws of morality (a simpler and better term than "religion" in these multisectarian days, when the term too often means a splitting of straws over the veriest trifles) 1972, Northern Ireland: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, Second Session, February 28 and 29 and March 1, 1972, publ. United States Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., pg. 546
   • The political sequel to Separatism is the neutral state presiding over a multisectarian society. 1944, Ralph Barton Perry, Puritanism and Democracy, Vanguard Press, page 346:

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