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A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter. I never knew that time in England when men of truest religion were not counted sectaries. Milton.

In a sedentary manner.

Quality of being sedentary.

Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man. "Sedentary, scholastic sophists." Bp. Warburton.

r pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided. Sedimentary rocks. (Geol.) See Aqueous rocks, under Aqueous.

attached to an internal- combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.

The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.

A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.

The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria).

A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.

An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint.

See Scimiter.

Of or pertaining to society; social. The all-sweeping besom of societarian reformation. Lamb.

Societarian. [R.]

A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.

A hermit; a solitary. [Obs.] Sir R. Twisden.

The state of being solitary; solitariness. [Obs.] Cudworth.

In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone. Mic. vii. 14.

Condition of being solitary.

no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. Shak.