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religious sect
Main Entry:
splinter group
Part of Speech:
noun
Definition:
breakaway group
Synonyms:
breakaway party, dissenting group,
faction
, groupuscule, off-shoot, political faction,
religious sect
, schismatic, seceder
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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