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1. (n.) sect
a body of persons adhering to a particular religious faith; denomination.
2. sect
a group regarded as heretical or as deviating from a generally accepted religious tradition.
3. sect
any group or faction united by a specific doctrine or under a doctrinal leader.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME secte < L secta pathway, course of conduct, school of thought)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sect, religious sect, religious order
a subdivision of a larger religious group
2. (noun) faction, sect
a dissenting clique
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1. (noun) sect
a cutting; a scion
2. (noun) sect
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
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Sense: a group of people within a larger, especially religious, group, having views different from those of the rest of the group.
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 Afrikaans: sekte |
 Arabic: طائِفَه، شيعَه |
 Bulgarian: секта |
 Brazilian: seita |
 Czech: sekta |
 German: die Sekte |
 Danish: sekt |
 Greek: αίρεση, σέκτα, αποσχισθεί |
 Spanish: secta |
 Estonian: usulahk |
 Farsi: امت |
 Finnish: lahko |
 French: secte |
 Hebrew: כָּת |
 Hindi: संप्रदाय |
 Croatian: sekta, vjerska sljedba |
 Hungarian: szekta |
 Indonesian: sekte |
 Icelandic: sértrúarsöfnuður |
 Italian: setta |
 Japanese: 分派 |
 Korean: 이단 |
 Lithuanian: sekta |
 Latvian: sekta |
 Malay: taifah |
 Dutch: sekte |
 Norwegian: sekt |
 Polish: sekta |
 Persian: امت |
 Pashto: فرقه (مذهبي)، ډله، ګوند |
 Portuguese: seita |
 Romanian: sectă |
 Russian: секта |
 Slovak: sekta |
 Slovenian: ločina |
 Serbian: sekta |
 Swedish: sekt |
 Thai: นิกาย; คณะในทางศาสนา |
 Turkish: mezhep; hizip |
 Taiwanese: 教派，流派 |
 Ukrainian: секта |
 Urdu: مذہبی فرقہ |
 Vietnamese: phái, môn phái |
 Chinese: 教派，流派 |
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