NONSECTARIAN Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

nonsectarian

adjective

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as in nondenominational

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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

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nondenominational

Adjective

Secret churches, perilous conversions During the Palm Sunday service, the in-person audience at the nondenominational church was much smaller than on a typical Sunday, with only about a half-dozen members dotting the rows of blue chairs in front of the stage.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
In that sense, the album fits well with minimalism’s long history of producing nondenominational spiritual music.

— Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026