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nonsectarian

[ non-sek-tair-ee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.


nonsectarian

/ ˌɒԲɛˈɛəɪə /

adjective

  1. not narrow-minded, esp as a result of rigid adherence to a particular sect; broad-minded
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of nonsectarian1

First recorded in 1825–35; non- + sectarian
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By the 1930s, though, the world was moving into a nonsectarian Palisades — specifically, many intellectual refugees from Nazi-menaced Europe.

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For decades in California, those dollars have only been permitted to go to schools that are nonsectarian.

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By the 1970s, however, Christian private schools outnumbered the nonsectarian ones, which inspired political activism among Christian evangelists who had shown little political interest previously.

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“It’s not an easy needle to thread, to be a nonsectarian institution, clearly founded by people with evangelical principles and worldviews.”

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The Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that offers refugees resettlement assistance, employment placement and immigration legal aid, as well as referrals to housing, education and health screening resources.

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