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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For decades in California, those dollars have only been permitted to go to schools that are nonsectarian.
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
By the 1970s, however, Christian private schools outnumbered the nonsectarian ones, which inspired political activism among Christian evangelists who had shown little political interest previously.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
But well before the album wraps up (at a hefty 22 songs for the standard version at 28 for the deluxe), he’s returned again and again to the core concepts — getting high, despising yourself and reaching out to God for help, in a nonsectarian way.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
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.
—Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
By the 1970s, however, Christian private schools outnumbered the nonsectarian ones, which inspired political activism among Christian evangelists who had shown little political interest previously.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
But well before the album wraps up (at a hefty 22 songs for the standard version at 28 for the deluxe), he’s returned again and again to the core concepts — getting high, despising yourself and reaching out to God for help, in a nonsectarian way.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
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.
—Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 25 June 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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