nonsectarian

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Recent Examples of nonsectarian The nonsectarian center hosts retreats that range from 3 to 13 nights, for a wide variety of experience levels, with a central focus on Theravadin teachings and bodhicitta (striving to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings). AFAR Media, 9 July 2025 Most recently, in 2022, the Supreme Court said Maine cannot limit a tuition assistance program to nonsectarian schools. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 May 2025 The key difference is charter schools are privately operated, with most states, including Oklahoma, requiring they are run in a nonsectarian way. Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025 For decades in California, those dollars have only been permitted to go to schools that are nonsectarian. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nonsectarian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonsectarian
nondenominational
Adjective
  • Trenton Stewart Stewart was an employee with AES, a firefighter in Waverly and a pastor at a small nondenominational church in the same town called The Log Church, according to his Facebook page.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Lannie Tucker from Celebration Community Church, a nondenominational congregation in Fort Worth, helped direct traffic in the parking lot.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Nonsectarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonsectarian. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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