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sect
1[ sekt ]
noun
- a body of persons adhering to a particular religious faith; a religious denomination.
- a group regarded as heretical or as deviating from a generally accepted religious tradition.
- (in the sociology of religion) a Christian denomination characterized by insistence on strict qualifications for membership, as distinguished from the more inclusive groups called churches.
- any group, party, or faction united by a specific doctrine or under a doctrinal leader.
-sect
2- a combining form with the meaning “cut,†used in the formation of compound words bisect, dissect, exsect .
sect.
3abbreviation for
- section.
-sect
1combining_form
- to cut or divide, esp into a specified number of parts
trisect
sect
2/ ²õÉ›°ì³Ù /
noun
- a subdivision of a larger religious group (esp the Christian Church as a whole) the members of which have to some extent diverged from the rest by developing deviating beliefs, practices, etc
- derogatory.
- a schismatic religious body characterized by an attitude of exclusivity in contrast to the more inclusive religious groups called denominations or Churches
- a religious group regarded as extreme or heretical
- a group of people with a common interest, doctrine, etc; faction
sect
- A religious group, especially one that has separated from a larger group. Sect is often a term of disapproval.
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Example Sentences
Investigations following Abe's assassination revealed close ties between the secretive sect and many conservative ruling-party lawmakers, leading to the resignation of four ministers.
Most of those killed in the recent attacks, which occurred over a period of days earlier this month, were Alawites - an offshoot of Shia Islam, and Assad's minority sect.
Last week, security forces launched an operation in the region, in response to a growing insurgency by fighters loyal to deposed president Bashar al-Assad - an Alawite whose regime was dominated by members of the sect.
Many hard-line Sunni Islamists count members of the Alawite sect as infidels.
Syria's north-west Mediterranean coast is the heartland of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam to which many of the former Assad regime's political and military elite belonged.
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