sect
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These minute works are packed with detail: Their flickering candles, flitting moths and glowering skulls appear as if they’ve been excavated from some illuminated manuscript belonging to a long-vanished medieval sect.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The Unification Church lost an appeal Wednesday against a Japanese court's order to dissolve the sect, which came under investigation following the assassination of ex-premier Shinzo Abe.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
The sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam whose members make up one of the country's biggest religious minorities.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
The sect is known as the Shaking Quakers, for their combination of a Quakerish faith in the individual spiritual experience and a worship style characterized by a feral sort of dancing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
“It’s a sect of Hutterites. Super awesome. Similar to the Amish, but they embrace technology,” Malcolm says.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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