Found 3 items, similar to sect.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sect mazhab, sempalan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sect sect n 1: a subdivision of a larger religious group [syn: religious sect , religious order] 2: a dissenting clique [syn: faction]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sect Sect \Sect\ (s[e^]kt), n. [L. secare, sectum, to cut.] A cutting; a scion. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Sect \Sect\ (s[e^]kt), n. [F. secte, L. secta, fr. sequi to follow; 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. [1913 Webster] He beareth the sign of poverty, And in that sect our Savior saved all mankind. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] As of the sect of which that he was born, He kept his lay, to which that he was sworn. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The cursed sect of that detestable and false prophet Mohammed. --Fabyan. [1913 Webster] As concerning this sect [Christians], we know that everywhere it is spoken against. --Acts xxviii. 22. [1913 Webster]