Complete Definition of "sect"

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English

Etymology
L. secta, division

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-sect.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�kt|-�kt

Noun
en-noun

  1. A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

#: A religious sect.

Related terms
sectarian

Translations

Albanian: sekti g|Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|طائ�ة (���ifa) f
Belarusian: ��к�а f
Bosnian: Kult m
Bulgarian: �ек�а f
Catalan: secta f
Croatian: sekta f
Czech: sekta f
Danish: sekt g|Danish
Dutch: sekte f
Estonian: sekt
Finnish: lahko italbrac|religious
French: secte f
German: Sekte f
Hebrew: �ת (kat) f
mid
Hungarian: szekta
Icelandic: sértrúarsöfnuður m
Indonesian: sekte
Interlingua: secta
Italian: setta f
Japanese: ��� (karuto)
Lithuanian: sekta f
Luxembourgish: sekten
Norwegian: sekt m
Polish: sekta f
Portuguese: seita f
Russian: �ек�а (sékta) f
Spanish: secta f, culto m
Swedish: sekt c

See also
cult

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