sectant

English

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin sectāns.

Noun

sectant (plural sectants)

1. One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes.
2. (crystallography) One of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sectant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romanian sectant or Russian сектант (sektant). Equivalent to sect +‎ -ant.

Noun

sectant (plural sectants)

1. (non-native speakers' English) A sectarian.
   • 1996 December 16, elena danielyan, “Anacronic^[sic] blindness”, in soc.culture.romanian‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-28:

     and leaving aside MISSSU and other sectants, why wouldn't it be true? Or how YOU know it is not true?
     Or rather it may not be true, because of bivolarus on one side, and political korrekt^[sic] citizens of the "gloubal^[sic] village", Or rather it may not be true, because of bivolarus on one side, and politicaly^[sic] korrekt^[sic] citizens of the "gloubal^[sic] village", former romanians on the other ...

   • 1999 February 11, Simcha Streltsov, “Reformed Jews”, in soc.culture.jewish‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-28:

     this is a good example how the sectants do not understand the unity of all other Jews. Maybe you need to live outside of USA a little to understand it.

   • 1999 July 4, L_e_x_o, “Religous Freedom?”, in soc.culture.rep-of-georgia‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-28:

     Besides, there are many sects in Georgia. As a religion organizations, they are protected too, and some but few are sometimes aggressive sects, and they hate other sects.
     As far as I know, some sectants are fanatics, and could harm other sectants. So, if it's a religion war, one could expect some losses among believers, and this could happen very soon. Especially in Gldani, which, for some obscure reasons is virtually infested by sects and bizzare^[sic] sectants. Beware, and be adviced:^[sic] gather inside buildings, and pray as much as you want, to whom you want. DON'T DO IT OUTDOORS.

   • 2003 December 30, Passerby, “The NK and the Iran quake”, in soc.culture.palestine‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-28:

     Why, isn't that obvious? By leveling the city in Iran, G-d is practicing the fatal blow that he will soon deliver to Zionists. Those braindead sectants can interpret anything including farts of their spiritual leaders as the sign of imminent destruction of Israel.

   • 2005 February 21, gfu...@cjb.net, “JESUS CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS SO YOU CAN GO TO HEAVEN - The good news is that God came from Heaven to earth in the person of Jesus Christ over 2000 years ago and died for our past, present and future sins(misdeeds). He was born in the land of Israel supernaturally to a virgin Jewish woman named Mary. He lived a sinless life for thirty-three years and then sacrificed His sinless blood and died on a cross to pay the death penalty for our sins.....”, in alt.comp.virus.source.code‎^[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-08-28:

     I hate to break this, but could you please inform me what the f, this crap is doing in this ng?
     All sectants go f themselves. In a row. One after another.

Anagrams

• cast net, netcast

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sectans.

Noun

sectant m (plural sectanți)

1. sectarian

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sectant	sectantul		sectanți	sectanții
genitive-dative	sectant	sectantului		sectanți	sectanților
vocative	sectantule			sectanților

Descendants

• → English: sectant