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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The ruling said that the state’s Charter Schools Act, as well as the state and U.S. constitutions, allows only nonsectarian public schools and that the state is prohibited from using public money for the establishment of a religious institution.
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Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Founded under the auspices of a Jewish institution, Yeshiva University, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine was nonsectarian from its start and the great physicist freely gave his name.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2024
And state laws require that curriculum be nonsectarian.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
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.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
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Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Founded under the auspices of a Jewish institution, Yeshiva University, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine was nonsectarian from its start and the great physicist freely gave his name.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2024
And state laws require that curriculum be nonsectarian.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
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.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
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nonsectarian
adjective
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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