Sect Synonyms

sĕkt
Those who accept and practice a particular religious belief
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. church
  2. denomination
  3. religion
  4. faith
  5. persuasion
  6. communion
  7. caste
  8. clan
  9. cult
  10. religious sect
  11. faction
  12. group
  13. order
  14. party
  15. school
  16. religious-order
A system of religious belief
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. religion
  2. denomination
  3. faction
  4. confession
  5. creed
  6. following
  7. faith
  8. persuasion
  9. order

Words Related to Sect

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hasidim
  2. adherent
  3. fundamentalist
  4. montanists
  5. gnostics
  6. judaism
  7. schismatic
  8. paganism
  9. wahhabism
  10. monophysites
  11. deobandi
  12. gnosticism

Sect Sentence Examples

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

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

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

  • They formed no exclusive sect.

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