sectionaryadj.n.
/ˈsɛkʃənəri/ 1. Of or pertaining to the sections of a book.
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society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [adjective] > section
sectionary1744
society > communication > book > matter of book > [adjective] > relating to section of book
sectionary1744
1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 259 He gives a short Account of each of the Pieces..and of his adding a sectionary Index to the whole.
2. Of or pertaining to a section (of a party, country, etc.).
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society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [adjective] > relating to party or faction
factionary1811
sectionary1816
1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. 171 Sectionary,..I have never met with this uncommon word except in the following instance: ‘This veneration arises not from a little and selfish spirit of sectionary attachment.’
1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 288 The absence of these is partly compensated by the exclusion of the sectionary leaders.
B. n.
A member of a section (of a party, etc.) opposed to the remainder; a partisan.
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society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > a factionary or partisan
factionary1555
partisan1555
parter1567
factioner1579
partialist1597
factionist1609
sider1616
partian1624
partiary1624
sidesman1647
factioneerc1710
sectionary1835
partyist1854
factionalist1882
sectionist1893
factional1904
1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 37 948 To men who..call them trimmers or waverers, deserters or sectionaries, we have only to say, There is a battle to be fought [etc.].
1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 257 M. Martin ascended a sort of tribune to address the sectionaries.
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