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sect
  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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  5. Examples:
    1. “Later, the contemplation on the nine stages became associated with the Zen sect that focused on meditation practice.”
      “Gymnosophy was originally the doctrines of a sect of philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation.”
      “Followers of Jain religion and a sect of Buddhists are known to propagate the teachings of non-violence and strictly avoid eating meat.”
sectarianism
  1. Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
  2. (politics) A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects
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  4. Examples:
    1. “In such ways are the seeds of social division and sectarianism planted in young children and there's no reason to think it's much different now.”
      “To essentially claim that he is no better than the Liberals or Tories is plain sectarianism.”
      “The political dynamic of the peace process itself has a proportionally inverse impact on the wide spectrum of unionist sectarianism.”
sectary
  1. A member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession.
  2. A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “In form, he was certainly an Episcopalian, though not a sectary of that denomination.”
      “When he dons the garb of the sectary, he naturally becomes weakened and loses his chief charm.”
      “But it heard very different advice from America's sectary of state, when she made her recent visit to the region.”
sectarian
  1. A member of a sect.
  2. A bigot.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Unlike his predecessor, who was seen as ecumenical, Benedict is seen as a sectarian who will not reach out to other religions.”
      “Mikhaelov established himself at the house of a dissenting sectarian, and undertook the study of the Scriptures and of the dogmas of the sect for the purpose of becoming a sectarian teacher.”
sectarianist
  1. One who narrow-mindedly devotes themselves to a particular sect, especially in religion.
sectiuncle
  1. A little or petty sect.
sectist
  1. One who is devoted to a sect.
sectarism
  1. (obsolete) sectarianism
  2. Examples:
    1. “The pressure is now on the IFA to deliver on their promise of eradicating sectarism from Northern Ireland football.”
sectism
  1. Devotion to a sect.
sectarist
  1. A sectary.
sectarianisms
sectarianists
  1. plural of sectarianist
sectiuncles
  1. plural of sectiuncle
sectarians
  1. plural of sectarian
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But Allende's radical sectarians must stand trial too, and for the same moral reasons.”
      “It's not just the radical white left or sectarians hawking papers for solidarity donations.”
      “One of the right's political accomplishments is bringing together diverse, once-hostile sectarians.”
sectarisms
  1. plural of sectarism
sectarists
  1. plural of sectarist
sectists
  1. plural of sectist
sectisms
  1. plural of sectism
sectaries
sects
  1. plural of sect
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Like the other Puranas, the Yuga Purana condemns the patronage of non-Brahmanical sects by the Maurya kings.”
      “In his presentation on the Baptist sects, Weber explores the similarities between Calvinist doctrine and Quakerism.”
      “Some monastic sects, such as the lingayats, wear stone lingams around their necks as a part of their sacred practice.”
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