sectary

Example Sentences

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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 Parrish, Randall

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 McCarthy, Justin

No wonder, thought I, that the doctor called Mr. Gerard a sectary, and that Mr. Long was so cold and distant in his manner!

From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life by Payn, James