different between sectarianism vs presectarian

English

Etymology

sectarian +? -ism

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sek?te??i.?n?z?m/

Noun

sectarianism (countable and uncountable, plural sectarianisms)

1. Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.

   They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.

2. (politics) A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects

   In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.

Translations

Anagrams

• Americanists, Cartesianism

English

Alternative forms

• pre-sectarian

Etymology

pre- +? sectarian

Adjective

presectarian (comparative more presectarian, superlative most presectarian)

1. Prior to sects; prior to sectarianism.
   • 1966, Martin R. P. McGuire, "Louis-Sebastien le Nain de Tillemont," The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 52, No. 2, Jul., 1966, (pp. 186-200), pg. 190:

     He makes the important observation that Tillemont embodied the presectarian and pre-Jansenist traditions of Port-Royal (pp. 278-279).

   • 1990, Seamus Deane, "Introduction," in Nationalism, Colonialism, and Literature, University of Minnesota Press, ?ISBN, pg. 9:

     In Ireland, just at this time undergoing its literary revival, the Edenic moment was displaced back into the pre-Christian (and therefore presectarian) past and the model figures that emerged as types of Irish identity were, of necessity, legendary—like Cuchalain—and, by nature, susceptible to almost any reformulation.

   • 2007, Bilhah Nitzan, "Traditional and Atypical Motifs in Penitential Prayers from Qumran," Seeking the Favor of God: The Development of Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism, vol. 2, Ed. Mark J Boda, Daniel K Falk, and Rodney Alan Werline, Society of Biblical Literature, ?ISBN, pg. 208:

     Nevertheless, the suggestion of a presectarian origin for some of the prayers dealt with in this essay, either close to the ideology and reality of the Qumran community or reflecting a slightly dualistic atmosphere, is a vague solution.