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The Yazidis, members of an ancient religious sect, fled when the Islamic State overran their homes.

No religious sect or minority should have the power to impact negatively the religious experience of their fellow Jews.

Like most Antakya residents, Balian is Alawite, hailing from the same religious sect as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

It is Daniel Defoe in “The Shortest Way With Dissenters” speaking of killing members of a religious sect.

At the close of the last century there existed a religious sect who were in favour of abandoning the use of clothing.

Any subject religious sect officially recognized as existing in the Ottoman Empire.

Each religious sect exists only to teach "the one system of doctrine logically deduced from Scripture."

Among our inquisitive visitors there were several men belonging to a religious sect known here by the name of Mormons.

The Quakers were a religious sect who did not believe in slavery.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to religious sect, such as: breakaway party, dissenting group, faction, groupuscule, off-shoot, and political faction.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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