non-sectarianadj.
/ˌnɒnsɛkˈtɛːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌnɑnsɛkˈtɛriən/ Not sectarian; not having an affinity with or involving a religious sect or political group.
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1831 J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) I. 4 The clergy of a non-sectarian church.
1879 Mind 4 90 More than 60 [colleges] which..claim to be non-sectarian are, if not pervaded with the spirit of some religious party, yet strictly evangelical.
1937 J. M. Murry Necessity of Pacifism v. 81 The Adelphi Centre is a centre of non-sectarian Socialism.
1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. 23/1 Northern Ireland became more tribalised, and non-sectarian ginger groups such as NICRA became marginalised.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1831- to live low on the hog
- to live maigre
- to live of one's purchase
- to live off
- to live off the land
- to live off the the country
- to live on
- to live on capital
- to live on one's capital
- to live on one's hump
- to live on one's nerves
- to live on one's own
- to live on one's purchase
- to live on tally
- to live on the alms-basket
- to live on the almsbasket
- to live on the economy
- to live on the fat of the land
- to live on the smell of an oil rag
- to live on the smell of an oily rag
- to live one's best life
- to live one's dream
- to live one's own life
- to live out
- to live out from a suitcase