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Sect

sɛkt

Sect definitions
noun
sect sects
  1. a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong
    (religious) cult religious group faith community denomination persuasion religious order
    • a group that has separated from an established Church; a nonconformist Church

      "two of the older sects—the Congregationalists and the Baptists—were able to increase their membership dramatically"

    • a philosophical or political group, especially one regarded as extreme or dangerous

      "a sect of anarchists"