sect

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛkt/ Rhymes: -ɛkt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English secte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, guild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc.”), possibly, from Latin sequi (“to follow”). Alternatively linked to sectus (“cut off, divided”), past participle of secō. ==== Noun ==== sect (plural sects) An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination. A group following a specific ideal or a leader. (obsolete) A cutting; a scion. ===== Hypernyms ===== religion denomination ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== sectarian sectish ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== cult ==== Further reading ==== “sect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sect”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “sect”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== sect (uncountable) (astrology, historical) An ancient astrological concept, a form of polarity by which heavenly bodies were designated as either diurnal or nocturnal. ==== See also ==== hayz === Anagrams === ECTS, CTEs, cest, ETCS, TECs, Stec, CEST, TCEs, -cest, 'tecs, ECTs == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛt͡st/ Rhymes: -ɛt͡st Syllabification: sect === Verb === sect supine of sec == Middle English == === Noun === sect alternative form of secte == Polabian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sětь. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛtst/ Rhymes: -ɛtst === Noun === sect n net == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English sect. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkarvan/ === Noun === sect f (plural sectau or sectiau, not mutable) (often derogatory) (religion) sect, denomination Synonym: enwad (politics) faction, party Synonyms: carfan, plaid === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “sect”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “sect”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies