Definitions for SECT
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. sect, religious sect, religious ordernoun

   a subdivision of a larger religious group

2. faction, sectnoun

   a dissenting clique

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sectnoun

   A cult or religious movement. a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

   A religious sect.

2. sectnoun

   A group following a specific ideal or a leader.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SECTnoun

   Etymology: secte, French; secta, Latin, from sectando.

   1. A body of men following some particular master, or united in some settled tenets. Often in a bad sense.

   We’ll wear out,
   In a wall’d prison, packs and sects of great ones,
   That ebb and flow by th’ moon. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   The greatest vicissitude of things is the vicissitude of sects and religions: the true religion is built upon the rock; the rest are tossed upon the waves of time. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   The jealous sects that dare not trust their cause
   So far from their own will as to the laws,
   You for their umpire and their synod take. Dryden.

   The academics were willing to admit the goods of fortune into their notion of felicity; but no sects of old philosophers did ever leave a room for greatness. Dryden.

   A sect of free thinkers is a sum of ciphers. Richard Bentley.

   2. In William Shakespeare it seems to be misprinted for set.

   Of our unbitted lusts, I take this that you call love to be a sect or cion. William Shakespeare, Othello.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SECT

   SECT is an American-Canadian vegan straight edge band formed in 2015, consisting of vocalist Chris Colohan, guitarists James Chang and Scott Crouse, bassist Steve Hart and drummer Andy Hurley. It released a self-titled debut album in 2016 and, after a signing to Southern Lord, the sophomore No Cure for Death in 2017. SECT members come from several 1990s and 2000s political hardcore bands, including Cursed, Catharsis, Undying, Earth Crisis and Racetraitor. The band's musical style has been described as a mix of metallic hardcore and crust punk, and their lyrics tackle several socio-political issues.

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1. sect

   A sect is a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs from those of a larger group to which they belong, or a group that has separated from the larger group due to these differences. These beliefs, practices, or ideologies may also be political or philosophical in nature.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sectnoun

   a cutting; a scion

2. Sectnoun

   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

3. Etymology: [L. secare, sectum, to cut.]

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1. Sect

   A sect is a subgroup of a religious, political or philosophical belief system, usually an offshoot of a larger religious group. Although in past it was mostly used to refer to religious groups, it has since expanded and in modern culture can refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and principles. The term is occasionally used in a malicious way to suggest the broken-off group follows a more negative path than the original. The historical usage of the term sect in Christendom has had pejorative connotations, referring to a group or movement with heretical beliefs or practices that deviate from those of groups considered orthodox. A sect as used in an Indian context refers to an organized tradition.

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1. Sect

   sekt, n. a body of men who unite in holding some particular views, esp. in religion and philosophy: those who dissent from an established church: a denomination: a school of philosophy: a party: faction: apparel: a part cut off.—adj. Sectā′rian, pertaining to, or peculiar to, a sect: bigotedly devoted to the interests of a sect, narrow, exclusive (also Sectā′rial).—n. one of a sect: one strongly imbued with the characteristics of a sect.—v.t. Sectā′rianise.—ns. Sectā′rianism, quality or character of a sectarian: excessive devotion to a sect; Sec′tarist; Sec′tary, one of a sect: a dissenter; Sectā′tor (obs.), an adherent of a school or party; Sec′tist; Sect′-mas′ter, the leader of a sect.—Sectarial marks, emblems marked on the foreheads of the different sects in India. [Fr. secte—L. secta, a school of philosophy—secāre, sectum, to cut off.]

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2. SECT

   What does SECT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SECT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Anagrams for SECT »

1. CEST

How to pronounce SECT?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SECT in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SECT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of SECT in a Sentence

1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.

2. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Man can be categorized into three levels on social strata: One who are Consciously Unconscious, second who are Unconsciously Conscious - while both are inter-dependent for their survival; the third by and large a rare breed, Consciously Conscious sect – who don’t ever relate to this world!”

3. Mohammed Abbas:

   We distribute them according to sect or ethnicity so we can reach all areas, we send the Kurd to the Kurdish areas and the Turkman to the Turkmen areas.

4. James Madison:

   Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other sects

5. Ngabu Ngawi Olivier:

   We are a peaceful sect and war does not benefit us, we took up arms to protect ourselves against attacks by the (army) and other religious communities on our followers. But now I think it is no longer important to continue killing civilians or attacking the army.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=SECT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sect
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=SECT
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sect
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/SECT
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=SECT
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=SECT