| In time it became as impossible for polyglot and polysectarian America to provide a common religious standard for her public schools as for her Army or her railways. |
| However, Byzantium, like the Roman Empire, remained a polyglot, multinational and polysectarian state during the greater part of its existence. |
| The reason for this are to be found in the polysectarian nature of Lebanon with the largest sect being a minority of the total population. |
