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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sect /sɛkt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona body of people following a particular religious faith;
a denomination. - Religiona group differing from a generally accepted religious tradition.
- any group united by a specific doctrine.
See -seq-.-sect-, root. - -sect- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "cut.'' This meaning is found in such words as: bisect, dissect, intersect, resection, section, sector, vivisection.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sect (sekt),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona body of persons adhering to a particular religious faith;
a religious denomination. - Religiona group regarded as heretical or as deviating from a generally accepted religious tradition.
- Religion(in the sociology of religion) a Christian denomination characterized by insistence on strict qualifications for membership, as distinguished from the more inclusive groups called churches.
- any group, party, or faction united by a specific doctrine or under a doctrinal leader.
- Latin secta something to follow, pathway, course of conduct, school of thought, probably noun, nominal derivative of sectārī to pursue, accompany, wait upon, frequentative of sequī to follow
- Middle English secte 1300–50
- section.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sect /sɛkt/ n - a subdivision of a larger religious group (esp the Christian Church as a whole) the members of which have to some extent diverged from the rest by developing deviating beliefs, practices, etc
- often derogatory a schismatic religious body characterized by an attitude of exclusivity in contrast to the more inclusive religious groups called denominations or Churches
- a religious group regarded as extreme or heretical
- a group of people with a common interest, doctrine, etc; faction
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin secta faction, following, from the stem of sequī to follow Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -sect combining form - to cut or divide, esp into a specified number of parts: trisect
Etymology: from Latin sectus cut, from secāre to cut; see saw1 |