adherent vs sectary

adherent

noun
  • A person who has membership in some group, association or religion. 

adj
  • Adhesive, sticking to something. 

  • Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something. 

  • Attaching or pressing against a different organ. 

sectary

noun
  • A member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession; a sectarian. 

  • A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist. 

How often have the words adherent and sectary occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )