sectary

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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

Taliessin, therefore, adds Mr. Turner, as profusely boasts of his recovered reminiscence as any modern sectary can do of his state of grace and election.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac

We slowly won our way backward, the effort requiring every pound of our combined strength, De Noyan and I tugging breathlessly at the stern, the sectary doing yeoman service at the bow.

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

Does he speak in the tone of an enthusiast, or of an ambitious sectary?

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, April, 1880 by Walker, Aaron