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| NOUN | 1 | sect, religious sect, religious order | A subdivision of a larger religious group |
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| 2 | sect, faction | A dissenting clique |
| Sounds | seh'kt |
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| Rhymes | abject, affect, aftereffect, and 65 more rhymes in ehkt... |
| Meaning | A subdivision of a larger religious group. |
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| Synonyms | religious sect, religious order |
| Parts | convent |
| Broader | religion, faith, organized religion |
| Narrower | sisterhood; Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari; High Church, High Anglican Church; Abecedarian; Amish sect; Karaites; Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam; Sunni, Sunni Islam; Shivaism, Sivaism; Shaktism, Saktism; Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism; Haredi; Hare Krishna, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON; Jainism; Taoism; Kokka Shinto, Kokka; Shuha Shinto, Shua; brethren; order, monastic order; Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Quakers; Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing; Waldenses, Vaudois; Zurvanism |
| Adjectives | sectarian; sectarian |
| Meaning | A dissenting clique. |
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| Synonyms | faction |
| Broader | clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp |
| Narrower | splinter group; left, left wing; right, right wing; old guard; pro-choice faction; pro-life faction |
| Adjectives | sectarian |
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