sect
IPA: sˈɛkt
noun
- An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
- A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
- (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.
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Examples of "sect" in Sentences
- The Muslims belong to the Sunni sect.
- Maki is the leader of the Japanese sect.
- The sect is frequently described as heretical.
- The sect extended into militarism in the 1840s.
- This shows the dangerous character of the sect.
- He belonged to the medical sect of the Methodici.
- It contained the regulations of the Ayyavazhi sect.
- They were the oldest of the medical sects of antiquity.
- The ecclesiastical and demographic patterns of the sects are complex.
- There are four sub sects of Ramanandis, and all of the sub sects are celibate.
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