English
sectish
From sect + -ish; perhaps after obsolete German sektisch, sektierisch or German sektiererisch.
Formed from sect + -ish
Late Latin secta ‘a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,…’
Old French secte ‘a sect in philosophy or religion’
Middle English secte ‘a religion or religious organisation’
English sect
Today it means
adj Sectarian; adherent to a sect, often to the degree of being dogmatic, insular and non-ecumenical.
Sources
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