Definition of Sect. Meaning of Sect. Synonyms of Sect

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Definition of Sect

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

Meaning of Sect from wikipedia

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- sociology of religion, the most widely used classification is the church-sect typology. The typology is differently construed by different sociologists...