Definitions

sect

[sekt] / sɛkt /

NOUN

school of thought

Synonyms

STRONGEST

church creed cult denomination faction faith religion

STRONG

camp communion connection crew division following group order party persuasion school team wing

WEAK

splinter group

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agnosticism disbelief

Example Sentences

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A dance by a choreography start-up called SECT, inc.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023

On the first Sunday of each month Article VIII, SECT.

From Manual of the Mother Church The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts by Eddy, Mary Baker

Voyage round the World, by Captain George Shelvocke, in 1719-1722, 1 SECT.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

I. Character particular—First of the particular traits is benevolence to man in his temporal capacity, SECT.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 by Clarkson, Thomas

V. Reflections of the author on the foregoing subject—Supposed conversation with a superior being in another region—New arguments from thence, SECT.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 by Clarkson, Thomas

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