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sectary

[sek-tuh-ree] / ˈsɛk tə ri /




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The latter was commissioned by the home sectary and Sir Ken.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2025

An ex-senior adviser recalled being sent a document about a reform agenda and a permanent sectary ordering them to "just bin it immediately".

From BBC Aug. 7, 2023

Our eyes met, the sectary nodding grimly, his jaws set like a steel trap.

From Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France by Randall Parrish

In the absence of overt acts, it was difficult to reach the secret thoughts of the sectary.

From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis) Conway

Harcourt threw himself into the prosecution with the fervor and the bitterness of a sectary and a partisan.

From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by Justin McCarthy

Salon called and emailed the offices of sectaries Kerry and Carter, as well as the Departments of State and Defense, multiple times with requests for comment.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2016

Her father gets his graceful due: To truth a shield, to right a wall, To sectaries a whip and maul.

From Time Magazine Archive

These new California sectaries around Miller are no exception.

From Time Magazine Archive

However Christianity made a great progress in the world, and has been very much divided into sectaries, by the causes previously assigned.

From Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion by Ethan Allen

He was one of the moderate party who desired an accommodation with the king, and was opposed to Cromwell’s sectaries.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various




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