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Relations between the Qumran sect and the ruling Hasmonean dynasty improved during the reign of Alexander Jannaeus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

According to the proposed reconstruction, the sect likely used the calendar during its early history, when disagreements over religious dates contributed to its separation from the Jerusalem establishment.

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

The superhero franchises just go on and on, and if you don’t know the histories or mythologies or inside jokes, well, you’re simply not a member of the sect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

I highly doubted a Hasidic holy man was hiding in the brick-and-metal heart of Chicago, much less that Frankie, coming from the opposing Misnagdic sect of Judaism, would want anything to do with one.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

He hopes Syria's mosaic of religions and sects can hold together.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 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

It took a smart man to know where the difference lay between the sects, but anyone could see what they had in common.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck