sect
nounEtymology
From Middle English secte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, guild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc.”), possibly, from Latin sequi (“to follow”). Alternatively linked to sectus (“cut off, divided”), past participle of secō.
Definitions
An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
- a religious sect
A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
- Zen Center welcomes visitors, guests, and prospective students, but it does not engage in systematic institutional or network recruiting of new members, unlike the Christian sect and Erhard Seminars Training.
- Peoples Temple and the Branch Davidians both approximated the 'apocalyptic sect' as an ideal type. In such sects the end of the world is taken as a central tenet.
A cutting
A cutting; a scion.
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An ancient astrological concept, a form of polarity by which heavenly bodies were…
An ancient astrological concept, a form of polarity by which heavenly bodies were designated as either diurnal or nocturnal.
The neighborhood
- neighborsectarian
- neighborsectish
- neighborcult
- neighborreligion
- neighbordenomination
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sect. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA