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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Sect has 2 senses
- sect(n = noun.group) religious order, religious sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group; Array has particulars: sisterhood, albigenses, cathari, cathars, high anglican church, high church, abecedarian, amish sect, karaites, shia, shiah, shiah islam, sunni, sunni islam, shivaism, sivaism, saktism, shaktism, vaishnavism, vaisnavism, haredi, hare krishna, international society for krishna consciousness, iskcon, jainism, taoism, kokka, kokka shinto, shua, shuha shinto, brethren, monastic order, order, quakers, religious society of friends, society of friends, shakers, united society of believers in christ's second appearing, vaudois, waldenses, zurvanism
- sect(n = noun.group) faction - a dissenting clique; Array is a kind of camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack
is a kind of faith, organized religion, religion
has parts: convent
Derived forms adjective sectarian2, adjective sectarian1
has particulars: splinter group, left, left wing, right, right wing, old guard, pro-choice faction, pro-life faction
CIDE DICTIONARY
Sect, n. [L. secare, sectum, to cut.].
A cutting; a scion. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Sect, n. [F. secte, L. secta, fr. sequi to follow; often confused with L. secare, sectum, to cut. See Sue to follow, and cf. Sept, Suit, n. ].
Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party. [1913 Webster]
"He beareth the sign of poverty,
And in that sect our Savior saved all mankind." [1913 Webster]
And in that sect our Savior saved all mankind." [1913 Webster]
"As of the sect of which that he was born,
He kept his lay, to which that he was sworn." [1913 Webster]
He kept his lay, to which that he was sworn." [1913 Webster]
"The cursed sect of that detestable and false prophet Mohammed."
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"As concerning this sect [Christians], we know that everywhere it is spoken against."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
Sect, n.
1 a a body of people subscribing to religious doctrines usu. different from those of an established Church from which they have separated. b usu. derog. a nonconformist or other Church. c a party or faction in a religious body. d a religious denomination.
2 the followers of a particular philosopher or philosophy, or school of thought in politics etc.
1 a a body of people subscribing to religious doctrines usu. different from those of an established Church from which they have separated. b usu. derog. a nonconformist or other Church. c a party or faction in a religious body. d a religious denomination.
2 the followers of a particular philosopher or philosophy, or school of thought in politics etc.
Etymology
ME f. OF secte or L secta f. the stem of sequi secut- follow
THESAURUS
Sect
Babi, Babism, Bahaism, Brahmanism, Brahmoism, Buddhism, Chen Yen Buddhism, Christianity, adherents, affiliation, anthroposophy, body, branch, breakaway group, cabal, camp, caucus, church, class, clique, communion, community, confession, connection, creed, cult, denomination, disciples, division, ethnic group, faction, faith, fellowship, followers, group, interest, interest group, ism, minority group, offshoot, order, organization, party, persuasion, political party, pressure group, religious order, schism, school, school of thought, sectarism, segment, set, side, silent majority, society, splinter, splinter group, variety, version, vocal minority, wingROGET THESAURUS
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Class
N class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section, department, subdepartment, province, domain, kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset, assortment, feather, kidney, suit, range, gender, sex, kin, manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character, stamp predicament, indication, particularization, selection, specification, similarity.
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