connected with the differences that exist between groups of people who have different religious views (宗教)教派的,派性的 sectarian attacks/violence 教派攻击/暴力活动 attempts to break down the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland 旨在消除北爱尔兰的宗教派系分歧的努力
Oxford Collocations DictionarySectarian is used with these nouns:- conflict
- divide
- division
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from sectary + -an, reinforced by sect.