nonsectarian
adjective
non·sec·tar·i·an
ˌnän-(ˌ)sek-ˈter-ē-ən 
: not having a sectarian character : not affiliated with or restricted to a particular religious group
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Brandeis was established as a nonsectarian school but it was founded with support from the Jewish community, and it was named after former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, the highest court’s first Jewish member.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
For example, even though Iran and Saudi Arabia are bitter enemies, both tend to view Iraq through a similar confessional prism (albeit taking different sides in the sectarian competition), while Washington's vision of Iraq as a nonsectarian state is closer to Syria's and Turkey's.
—Robert Malley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2010
My child’s teacher is teaching doctrinal errors related to my religion, despite the school’s claim of being nonsectarian.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
About Gulliver Schools Gulliver Schools is a 501(c)(3) private, non-profit, independent, coeducational, nonsectarian day school with the mission of providing a superior, personalized college-preparatory education fostering well-rounded, successful, lifelong learners.
—Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2015
As Iraqis struggled to reconstitute their state, no single actor had the power or incentive to disband these groups or force them to enter a national, nonsectarian military.
—Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
Only a handful of charges were filed until Zia added several Islam-specific clauses to this nonsectarian code.
—Myriam Renaud, The Conversation, 5 July 2023
More recently, the nation’s highest court ruled last year – in a case originating in Maine – that any state tuition assistance made available to families should be allowed for use at religious private schools, not just nonsectarian ones.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2023
The farmers’ protest had a heavy Punjabi representation, and the country’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party tried to paint it as pro-Khalistani, but the bulk of it was nonsectarian.
—Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2023
Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
For example, even though Iran and Saudi Arabia are bitter enemies, both tend to view Iraq through a similar confessional prism (albeit taking different sides in the sectarian competition), while Washington's vision of Iraq as a nonsectarian state is closer to Syria's and Turkey's.
—Robert Malley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2010
My child’s teacher is teaching doctrinal errors related to my religion, despite the school’s claim of being nonsectarian.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
About Gulliver Schools Gulliver Schools is a 501(c)(3) private, non-profit, independent, coeducational, nonsectarian day school with the mission of providing a superior, personalized college-preparatory education fostering well-rounded, successful, lifelong learners.
—Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2015
As Iraqis struggled to reconstitute their state, no single actor had the power or incentive to disband these groups or force them to enter a national, nonsectarian military.
—Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
Only a handful of charges were filed until Zia added several Islam-specific clauses to this nonsectarian code.
—Myriam Renaud, The Conversation, 5 July 2023
More recently, the nation’s highest court ruled last year – in a case originating in Maine – that any state tuition assistance made available to families should be allowed for use at religious private schools, not just nonsectarian ones.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2023
The farmers’ protest had a heavy Punjabi representation, and the country’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party tried to paint it as pro-Khalistani, but the bulk of it was nonsectarian.
—Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2023
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nonsectarian
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non·sec·tar·i·an
ˌnän-(ˌ)sek-ˈter-ē-ən
: not having a sectarian character : not restricted to a particular religious group
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