sectary

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SECT'ARY, noun. 1. A person who separates from an established church, or from the prevailing denomination of christians; one that belongs to a sect; a dissenter. 2. a follower; a pupil. [Not in use.]
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