Definition of "nonsectarian"

The children will not go to church, few will attend Sunday school, but they will attend a nonsectarian Bible school.

1818, Methodist Review, Methodist Book Concern, page 538

The cottage institutions are first divided into two sections; the nonsectarian and those under some church management.

1915, William Henry Slingerland, Child Welfare Work in Pennsylvania: A Co-operative Study of Child-helping Agencies and Institutions, Russell Sage Foundation, Dept. of Child-helping, pg. 167

Christian Arabs, as members of a restricted minority community, had a special interest in promoting the concept of equality based on nonsectarian considerations, but the appeal of a shared sentiment of Arabness attracted Muslims too.

2009, William L Cleveland and Martin Bunton, A History of the Modern Middle East, 4th edition, Seal Press, page 131