sectiunclesectiunculen.
rare.
1. A small section.
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society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > small division
parcela1398
passagec1550
fraction1625
pericopea1657
sectiuncle1838
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > extract > [noun]
stitchena1225
outdraughtc1300
draught1382
sentencec1400
article1417
place1526
membera1535
gobbet?1550
extracture1602
excerption1614
excerpta1638
analects1641
extraction1656
extract1666
selection1805
worksheet1823
reading1828
screed1829
sectiuncle1838
snippet1864
1838 Gladstone Let. in G. W. E. Russell Life (1891) 55 I have divided it all through into sectiuncules, occupying generally from half a page to a whole one.
2. A small, insignificant religious body.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [noun] > small
under-faction1642
under-sect1653
sectiuncle1851
1851 J. Martineau Misc. (1852) 384 The crowd streaming from the conventicle of some new sect or sectiuncle.
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