Definition of Sects. Meaning of Sects. Synonyms of Sects

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Definition of Sects

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 Sects from wikipedia

- divided into two major sects, known as **** Islam and Shia Islam. Kharijite and Murijite Islam were two early Islamic sects. Each sect developed several distinct...
- The Sect may refer to: The Devil's Daughter, a 1991 Italian horror film also known as The Sect The Sect, a fictional group in Kerberos Saga media Sect (disambiguation)...
- Shiites: The Ghulat Sects. Syracuse University Press. pp. 270–1. ISBN 978-0-8156-2411-0. Matti Moosa (1987). Extremist Shiites: The Ghulat Sects. Syracuse University...
- sects or schools. From the Sthaviras arose the Sarvāstivāda sects, the Vibhajyavādins, the Theravadins, the Dharmaguptakas and the Pudgalavāda sects....
- attributed to Muhammad and known as the hadith of 73 sects states that there will be 73 different sects and groups within Islam, and that only one of these...
- spontaneity and protest components of sects, an institutionalized sect can result. Institutionalized sects are midway between sects and denominations on the continuum...
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- primary sects of Tibetan Buddhism. These sects are termed "Red Hat" for the colour of their monks' hats as worn during formal occasions. The Red Hat sects are...
- SECT is an American-Canadian vegan straight edge band formed in 2015, consisting of vocalist Chris Colohan, guitarists James Chang and Scott Crouse, b****ist...
- leading orthodox sects in the wulin (martial artists' community). It is named after the place where it is based, Mount Hua. The sect appears in three...