religious sect
Example Sentences
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Nash Athanasiou, the leader of a religious sect called the Very Good Friends, has summoned Hercule to investigate a near-fatal attack on one of his followers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
The Yoders were members of the Old Order Amish, a centuries-old religious sect that practiced adult baptism and shunned such modern accoutrements as cars and the electrical power grid.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2025
Assad’s fall sparked joy for many Syrians, but it also triggered wariness from his religious sect, the Alawites, a Shiite offshoot that makes up around 10% of the population.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
The gang belongs to a religious sect that considers the animal sacred.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024
She’s on the phone of a young woman from a Montana religious sect, on a moonlit night, on the spinning and ever-changing earth.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
