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unisectarian en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- English sectarian English unisectarian From uni- + sectarian.

Meanings

1. (rare) Composed of one sect.
   • A unisectarian and elastic terminology by means of which it is possible to equate the mental processes of people apparently diverse owing to the constraint imposed upon them by the peculiarities of their literary expression. 1969, R. G. Torrens, The Golden Dawn: The Inner Teachings, publ. Samuel Weiser, →ISBN, page 71:
   • With regard to the socio-religious beliefs and values of the Gorkhas it is clear that they were not monotheistic or unisectarian. 1992, Tanka Bahadur Subba, Ethnicity, State, and Development: A Case Study of the Gorkhaland Movement in Darjeeling, Har-Anand Publications, pg. 55
   • It is democratically constituted and unisectarian. 1983, Nonformal Education and National Development: A Critical Assessment of Policy, Research, and Practice, Ed. John C. Bock and George John Papagiannis, publ. Praeger, →ISBN, page 277:

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