English noun: sect |
1. | sect (group) a subdivision of a larger religious group |
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| Synonyms | religious order, religious sect |
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| Broader (hypernym) | faith, organized religion, religion |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Abecedarian, Albigenses, Amish sect, brethren, Cathari, Cathars, Hare Krishna, Haredi, High Anglican Church, High Church, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON, Jainism, Karaites, Kokka, Kokka Shinto, monastic order, order, Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, Saktism, Shakers, Shaktism, Shia, Shiah, Shiah Islam, Shivaism, Shua, Shuha Shinto, sisterhood, Sivaism, Society of Friends, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Taoism, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, Vaudois, Waldenses, Zurvanism |
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| Part holonym | convent |
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2. | sect (group) a dissenting clique |
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| Synonyms | faction |
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| Broader (hypernym) | camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | left, left wing, old guard, pro-choice faction, pro-life faction, right, right wing, splinter group |
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