Sect synonyms

sĕkt

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cult
A system or community of religious worship and ritual.
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order
The prescribed form or customary procedure, as in a meeting or court of law:
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following
A following is defined as a group of admirers.
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faction (related)
Faction is defined as a state of internal conflict within an organization, or to a small sect of a group that has broken off from or separated itself from a larger one.
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caste
A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
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clan
A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
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faith
A religious belief system.
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group
(Chemistry) A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
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party
A group sent out on a task or mission
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persuasion
(Colloquial) Any group having a specified characteristic or attribute in common. [from 19th c.]
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church (related)
Public divine worship in a church; a religious service:
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religion
Any specific system of belief and worship, often involving a code of ethics and a philosophy
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school
A session of instruction:
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communion
A sharing in, or celebrating of, the Eucharist, or Holy Communion
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denomination
One of a series of kinds, values, or sizes, as in a system of currency or weights:
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confession
In some Christian churches, the sacrament of Penance.
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creed
A system of belief, principles, or opinions:
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religious sect
a subdivision of a larger religious group
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religious-order
(Religion) An organized community of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of the founder's religious practice.
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hasidim (related)
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adherent (related)
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fundamentalist (related)
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montanists (related)
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gnostics (related)
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judaism (related)
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schismatic (related)
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paganism (related)
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wahhabism (related)
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monophysites (related)
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deobandi (related)
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gnosticism (related)
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heresy (related)
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Sect Sentence Examples

  • Neither sect was supposed to interfere in mortal affairs, a fact they selectively ignored.

  • The notorious licentiousness of the sect was the carrying out of their theory into practice.

  • It does not appear, however, that a regularly organized or numerous Orphic sect ever existed, nor that Orphism ever became popular; it was too abstract, too full of symbolism.

  • The name does not indicate a social caste, or a religious sect; it is not even tribal.

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