secte

== French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin secta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛkt/ === Noun === secte f (plural sectes) sect (offshoot of a larger religion or denomination, usually and especially one with unorthodox or extreme political and/or religious beliefs) ==== Derived terms ==== sectaire sectarisme ==== See also ==== culte === Further reading === “secte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === ceste == Latin == === Participle === secte vocative masculine singular of sectus == Middle English == === Alternative forms === sect, sekt, sekte === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French secte, from Late Latin secta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛkt(ə)/ === Noun === secte (plural sectes) A variety or sort; a category with a distinguishing feature. A religion or religious organisation (usually not referring to Christianity) A division within a religion (either doctrinal or administrative) A sect; a smaller offshoot of a religion with unorthodox belief. People who behave or think in a specified manner (either as a group or in general). A school of philosophical or medical thought. (rare) One's physical composition or existence. ==== Descendants ==== English: sect Scots: sect, seck ==== References ==== “sect(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 September 2018. == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French secte, from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrince or sect, etc.”), possibly from Latin sequor, sequī (“follow”). === Noun === secte f (plural sectes) (Jersey) sect