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polysectarian en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English sectarian English polysectarian From poly- + sectarian.

Meanings

1. Composed of many sects.
   • The reason for this are to be found in the polysectarian nature of Lebanon with the largest sect being a minority of the total population. 1974, Pakistan Horizon, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, v.27, pg. 19
   • However, Byzantium, like the Roman Empire, remained a polyglot, multinational and polysectarian state during the greater part of its existence. 2007, George Mousourakis, A Legal History of Rome, →ISBN, page 156:
   • In time it became as impossible for polyglot and polysectarian America to provide a common religious standard for her public schools as for her Army or her railways. 1919, The Dublin Review, Ed. Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, publ. W. Spooner, v.165, pg. 151

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