Synonyms for sect

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sekt

Phonetic Transcription : sɛkt

Top 10 synonyms for sect

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Définition of sect

Origin : mid-14c., "distinctive system of beliefs or observances; party or school within a religion," from Old French secte, sete "sect, religious community," or directly from Late Latin secta "religious group, sect in philosophy or religion," from Latin secta "manner, mode, following, school of thought," literally "a way, road, beaten path," from fem. of sectus, variant past participle of sequi "follow," from PIE *sekw- (1) "to follow" (see sequel). Confused in this sense with Latin secta, fem. past participle of secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Meaning "separately organized religious body" is recorded from 1570s.

noun school of thought

Example sentences :

There is no sect which does not claim more than all mankind can claim.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Nor did we mention the sect of which, according to the Chief of Command, she was the head.
Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright

He was rather the head of a sect than the ruler of subjects.
Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies

The chroniclers were Buddhists belonging to the sect of the Buddha Gothama.
Extract from : « The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ » by Nicolas Notovitch

Of Air infected with the fumes of burning Charcoal 129 Sect.
Extract from : « Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air » by Joseph Priestley

After this discourse was quite over, a member of the sect arrived.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

In suffrage meetings there should be no distinction of sect or party.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

Thus the two sects: the sect of them that are with Thackeray and the sect of them that are against him.
Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by William Ernest Henley

He is a leader of the Christian sect, and a person of influence among them.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 » by Various

It would seem to have been the palace of Tiribazus, as the one mentioned in sect.
Extract from : « The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis » by Xenophon

Antonyms for sect

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