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
  • About 100 people gathered for a prayer service Sunday evening at The River Church in Grand Blanc, a nondenominational Christian church about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The jury began deliberations Thursday morning to decide whether the graffitiing of the nondenominational Christian church in Euless rose to the level of a hate crime.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Nonsectarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonsectarian. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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