Sect

Noun

 * 1) A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.
 * A religious sect.

Related terms

 * sectarian

Adjectives for Sect
persecuted; denominational; dissenting; unresting; reigning; separated; dogmatical.

Verbs for Sect
attach to—; distinguish—; divide into—s; extirpate—; honor—; found—; originate—; persecute—; profess—; scatter—; test—; — adheres; —believes; —confounds; —deviates; —distracts; —endures; —observes; — banishes; —springs up; —worships.

Thesaurus
Babi, Babism, Bahaism, Brahmanism, Brahmoism, Buddhism, Chen Yen Buddhism, Christianity, adherents, affiliation, anthroposophy, body, branch, breakaway group, cabal, camp, caucus, church, class, clique, communion, community, confession, connection, creed, cult, denomination, disciples, division, ethnic group, faction, faith, fellowship, followers, group, interest, interest group, ism, minority group, offshoot, order, organization, party, persuasion, political party, pressure group, religious order, schism, school, school of thought, sectarism, segment, set, side, silent majority, society, splinter, splinter group, variety, version, vocal minority, wing

Etymology
From secte: <  secte: <  secta:, possibly <  sequi:.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: (ʈā’ifa)
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: сэкта
 * Bosnian: Kult
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: secta
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: lahko
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: αίρεση
 * Hebrew: כת (kat)


 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: sértrúarsöfnuður
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: secta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: カルト (karuto)
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: sekten
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * CEST