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What is a sect?

What is a sect? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.
  2. A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
  3. (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.
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Depending on the sect of Buddhism, the word bodhisattva has essentially two meanings.
In the 11 th century in the Middle East the Shiite sect known as the Assassins would eat hashish before murdering civilian foes.
Agya, along with the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama, is a member of the Gelug, or Yellow Hat, sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
In spite of various synodal condemnations of Montanism in the third century, the sect itself did not finally die out until the fifth century.
Followers of Jain religion and a sect of Buddhists are known to propagate the teachings of non-violence and strictly avoid eating meat.
At once I understood and was certain, that this was the sect of the caitiffs displeasing unto God, and unto his enemies.

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