sect
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6.1
- noun
- /sɛkt/
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secta
- It continues to give the news impartially, without fear or favor, regardless of party, sect or interests involved.
- a religious sect
- Christian sects
- Muslim sects
And I was initiated in this holy house in this Taoist sect while doing Tai chi.
- And I was initiated in this holy house in this Taoist sect while doing Tai chi.
- Every single sect of Christianity in the country has this.
- That only leaves one other Jewish sect, which was the Essenes.
- There are still vestiges of the sect that worshipped that distant librarian.
- I'm in a a Maoist sect.
- What are Epithenius talks about an early Christian sect that he says descended from the Nicolatians.
- He brings up Pythagoras, who is himself the founder of a sect.
- And I'm, I'm, I'm saying this is someone that is well, pretty new novice to this new sect of Zen.
- So in this case, it'll start with the Quakers, which was a very weird radical Christian sect.
- The this sect of rabbis says that we are so close to the end of this world age.
Examples
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That only leaves one other Jewish sect, which was the Essenes.
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I think she had realized we were people of a sect, our particular sect, and our beliefs offended her.
Fiction book (2000) -
Are you the member of a sect?
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There was a second sect of Jews on the same street who said just the opposite:
Fiction book (1995) -
" This man belongs to a sect that does not admit the services of a doctor.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Ian, have you fallen into the hands of some sect?" his father asked.
Academic text (1992) -
Their infant girl is believed to have been abducted by this religious sect.
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My family's sect was the Pranami.
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Paul gave his own version of this story, explaining how he, a Jew, could possibly have joined that heretical sect of Christians.
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The small sect held unusual beliefs that set them apart from the mainstream religion.
Synonyms
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5.5
A small group inside a larger group with different ideas that wants power
42
5.5
A branch of a religion with its own leaders and beliefs
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5.0
A small group that leaves a larger group because its members disagree
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7.4
A small group that follows one leader or teaching and has strict, unusual beliefs and practices
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4.7
A small group inside a religion with different beliefs or practices
A small religious group with unusual beliefs and practices outside larger churches
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
1
7.8
A strict Christian group in the U.S. that lives simply, wears plain clothes, and avoids modern machines
How Mainstream
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sect comes from the old Latin root sequi, which means 'to follow', and it is the same root behind sequence and sequel. So a sect is a smaller group that 'follows' a particular way or leader, which is why it has its own beliefs and practices.