Plural of factionary; members of factions or those engaged in factional activity.
From factionary (one engaged in faction) + -ies (plural). An older, less common variant of 'factionalists' used primarily in historical texts.
This archaic plural appears in 17th- and 18th-century political writings — historians used it when describing competing nobles or religious groups tearing apart kingdoms and republics.
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