Results for sect

Definitions of sect:

part of speech: noun

A body of men who unite in holding some particular views, esp. in religion and philosophy: those who dissent from an established church.

part of speech: noun

A number of persons united by their attachment to some particular doctrines or tenets, usually in religion or philosophy; a body of persons dissenting from an established church.

part of speech: noun

A number of persons who, following a teacher or leader, hold certain opinions; a following; a party; especially, a religious denomination.

Usage examples for sect:

• At all costs the progress of this sect must be stopped. "Saint Augustin", Louis Bertrand

• There is civil marriage for all, but without the religious rite the pair are not well seen by either sect "Familiar Spanish Travels", W. D. Howells

• Of this sect one thousand had assembled in Dumfriesshire at the first intelligence of the insurrection, bearing arms and colours, and supposed to contemplate a junction with the Chevalier. "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems", W.E. Aytoun

• It seems no more than just that a sect who pay a double school- tax, and a double pauper- tax, and who almost never occasion the state any expense by their crimes, should be excused for believing themselves bound to obey the injunction of Jesus, to return good for evil; but politicians have decided that practical Christianity is not always consistent with the duty of citizens. "Isaac T. Hopper", L. Maria Child