:a religious group that is a smaller part of a larger group and whose members all share similar beliefs(宗教的)派别,宗派
Buddhist sects佛教宗派
a sect of Judaism犹太教宗派
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:a religious or political group that is connected to a larger group but that has beliefs that differ greatly from those of the main group派别,教派(其宗教或政治信仰与主流有很大分歧)
Noun one sect of medical researchers holds the minority view that the disease is not caused by that virus
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The murderous cult leader is based on Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo, a Cuban American drug dealer and cult leader whose sect performed multiple ritualistic killings in Matamoros, Mexico, during the 80s. Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2022 Robow was one of the highest ranking Al-Shabaab members to quit the sect, analysts told CNN. Reuters And Cnn, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022 Rights watchers estimate the sect has destroyed or forced the closure of around 2,500 schools in the region, killed 611 teachers, and displaced 19,000 more. Innocent Eteng, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2022 The ink portrait of Linji Yixuan by an unidentified 15th- or 16th-century Japanese monk captures the sometimes violent intensity of the Rinzai sect’s approach. Lee Lawrence, WSJ, 11 May 2022 The defendants are all members of a small Indian Muslim sect known as the Dawoodi Bohra, which has a mosque in Farmington Hills. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2021 Bryant eventually founded his own polygamist sect, which Ron visited. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 May 2022 Marsha is on the lam from the airport police, her daughter’s sect of trampoline-bouncing enthusiasts and her own mother, who performs cosmetic surgery on pets. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2022 The Kinane incident has since become legend, a cornerstone of the Des Moines comedy mythos that is embellished and passed down to new members of their sect in the wee hours when the empties stack up and the tales grow taller. Lee Keeler, SPIN, 10 May 2022 See More
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Middle English secte, from Anglo-French & Late Latin & Latin; Anglo-French, group, faction, from Late Latin secta organized ecclesiastical body, from Latin, course of action, way of life, probably from sectari to pursue, frequentative of sequi to follow — more at sue
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SECT | SECT + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤religious宗教派別▸➤evangelical, fundamentalist, radical福音派新教;原教旨主義教派;激進教派➤dissenting異教➤splinter (NAmE) 小教派◇This is a splinter sect that has no place in Judaism.這是個小教派,在猶太教中沒什麼地位。➤Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc.佛教、基督教、猶太教、穆斯林等教派VERB + SECT➤belong to屬於⋯教派▸➤join加入教派▸➤found成立教派SECT + NOUN➤member教派成員▸➤leader教派領袖PHRASES➤a leader of a sect, a member of a sect教派領袖/成員