Synonym: faction, religious order, religious sect. Similar words: insect, sector, bisect, dissect, section, sectarian, sectional, intersect. Meaning: [sekt] n. 1. a subdivision of a larger religious group 2. a dissenting clique.
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(31) As these opportunities appeared, so at the same time the lines of religious party and sect hardened.
(32) During the first half of the eighteenth century no other sect was as widely spread as the Quakers.
(33) Because the Pharisees were the predominant sect, few, Sadducee writings have survived.
(34) He believes Dinah has either been murdered or is the prisoner of a religious sect.
(35) Divorced from the mass movement, a revolutionary cadre becomes a sect.
(36) Behind the gate, however, is a religious sect that former members say indulges in polygamy and other questionable practices.
(37) One classificatory device that has been used frequently draws distinctions between church, denomination, and sect and cult.
(38) The simplicity of the sect attracted thousands of poor peasants.
(39) A monk named Kashyapa is regarded as the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism.
(40) Study of genus Corydalis sect. Trachycarpae Fedde.
(41) Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect.
(42) Study of genus Corydalis sect. Rapiferae Fedde.
(43) The sect is a breakaway of the Mormon Church.
(44) And Taoism is a religious sect.sentencedict.com/sect.html
(45) New taxa of the genus Corydalis sect. Elatae.
(46) A taxonomic discussion on genus Carex L. sect. Boernera.
(47) Study of genus Corydalis sect. Oreocapnos M. Popov.
(48) A residual sect persisted in Phrygia for some centuries.
(49) If I know your sect I anticipate your argument.
(50) Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu.
(51) The Mennonites, who include the traditional Amish sect of Pennsylvania, believe in a strict interpretation of the bible and often seek isolation in remote areas.
(52) Then, she might have come down to us in history, hand in hand with Ann Hutchinson, as the foundress of a religious sect.
(53) The sect has claimed responsibility for the Christmas Eve attacks on churches in Maiduguri and multiple bomb blasts and reprisals in the central city of Jos in which 86 people were killed.
(54) Around the same time, Nestorianism , an earlier sect of Christianity, was introduced into Xinjiang, but it was not widespread in the early years.
(55) Falun Gong, a quasi-religious sect, outlawed as a threat to stability.
(56) Mithraism, an established but exclusive sect devoted to social justice, was assimilated by state-sponsored Christianity before being disposed of in name.
(57) The species of Sect. Camellia plants of Genus Camellia are rich in Hunan. There are 13 species 1 subspecies in Hunan, it takes up about 23.6% of total species of China.
(58) He was rejoiced at so early an opportunity of distinguishing his faith in his new sect.
(59) He used the example of the Millerites, a millenarian religious sect that came to believe that Jesus Christ would return to earth on October 22, 1844. He didn't.
(60) The naturalist literary sect always thinks shallowly, which determines its short duration.
More similar words: insect, sector, bisect, dissect, section, sectarian, sectional, intersect, vivisection, nonsectarian, insecticide, intersection, cross-section, public sector, sectionalism, insectivorous, rhythm section, private sector, economic sector, the private sector, industrial sector, collective security, electromagnetic spectrum, sec., secure, second, secret, secede, secured, secular.