sect
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He supported a halacha similar to that of the sect and opposed the Pharisaic leadership.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
She argues that the Qumran sect actively followed the 364-day calendar during its formative period in the second century BCE.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
A New Zealand court has jailed a religious sect leader over the death of an elderly follower who had travelled from China to live with his family.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
He is notorious for his threats against a Bollywood actor who shot two blackbucks, a type of antelope that the Bishnoi sect worships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Only a small and militant sect of California writers was siding with Seabiscuit.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Dulles came to believe that religion, specifically an ecumenical Protestantism aiming to promote cooperation among different sects, was the missing link that could provide a moral architecture for the global system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
"All sects used to celebrate with us, and we hope to see this in the coming years, in order to rebuild Syria," she added.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Almost all sects and factions of the ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, community are taking part in what has been dubbed the "march of the million".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
In the end, wrote Burger, the track record of the Amish in maintaining alternative modes of informal vocational education was a showing “that probably few other religious groups or sects could make.”
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2025
He was painfully aware that he lacked the ecclesiastical aplomb and savoir-faire that enabled so many of his colleagues in other faiths and sects to get ahead.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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