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Sect

Sect Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Sect? [n] a subdivision of a larger religious group [n] a dissenting clique Synonyms \| Synonyms for Sect: faction \| religious order \| religious sect Related Terms \| Find terms related to Sect: See Also \| Amish sect \| brethren \| camp \| clique \| convent \| coterie \| faith \| Hare Krishna \| Haredi \| High Anglican Church \| High Church \| ingroup \| inner circle \| International Society for Krishna Consciousness \| ISKCON \| Jainism \| Kokka \| Kokka Shinto \| left \| left wing \| old guard \| pack \| pro-choice faction \| pro-life faction \| Quakers \| religion \| Religious Society of Friends \| right \| right wing \| Saktism \| Shakers \| Shaktism \| Shivaism \| Shua \| Shuha Shinto \| sisterhood \| Sivaism \| Society of Friends \| Society of Jesus \| splinter group \| Taoism \| Vaishnavism \| Vaisnavism Sect In Webster's Dictionary \Sect\, n. [L. secare, sectum, to cut.] A cutting; a scion. [Obs.] --Shak. \Sect\, n. [F. secte, L. sects, fr. sequi to follew; 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. He beareth the sign of poverty, And in that sect our Savior saved all mankind. --Piers Plowman. As of the sect of which that he was born, He kept his lay, to which that he was sworn. --Chaucer. The cursed sect of that detestable and false prophet Mohammed. --Fabyan. As concerning this sect [Christians], we know that everywhere it is spoken against. --Acts xxviii. 22.

Sect Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sect?

[n] a subdivision of a larger religious group
[n] a dissenting clique

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sect: faction | religious order | religious sect

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sect:

Sect In Webster's Dictionary

\Sect\, n. [L. secare, sectum, to cut.]
A cutting; a scion. [Obs.] --Shak.


\Sect\, n. [F. secte, L. sects, fr. sequi to follew; 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.

      He beareth the sign of poverty, And in that sect our
      Savior saved all mankind.                --Piers
                                               Plowman.

      As of the sect of which that he was born, He kept his
      lay, to which that he was sworn.         --Chaucer.

      The cursed sect of that detestable and false prophet
      Mohammed.                                --Fabyan.

      As concerning this sect [Christians], we know that
      everywhere it is spoken against.         --Acts xxviii.
                                               22.

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