multisectarian

adj

multisectarian

adj

Etymology From multi- + sectarian.

1

Composed of multiple sects; pertaining to sectarianism regarding multiple sects.

  • … and that from God springs the laws of morality (a simpler and better term than "religion" in these multisectarian days, when the term too often means a splitting of straws over the veriest trifles)1972, Northern Ireland: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, Second Session, February 28 and 29 and March 1, 1972, publ. United States Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., pg. 546
  • The political sequel to Separatism is the neutral state presiding over a multisectarian society.1944, Ralph Barton Perry, Puritanism and Democracy, Vanguard Press, page 346:
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  • Hundreds of Palestinians have been forced to leave — 10 percent of Bethlehem's Christian population has emigrated in the past few years alone, which has affected the multisectarian social fabric of the city where Christ was born.2008, Saree Makdisi, Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 196:

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