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sect
noun[ C ]
usually disapprovinguk /sekt/ us /sekt/
a religious group that has separated from a larger religion and is considered to have extreme or unusual beliefs or customs: （宗教的）派别，宗派
When he was 16 he ran away from home and joined a religious sect.他16岁时离家出走，加入了一个宗教派别。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Religions & religious groups
Abrahamic
African Methodist Episcopal Church
AME
anti-Catholicism
anti-Christianity
evangelicalism
faith-based
Free Church
Gnosticism
multi-religious
neo-paganism
non-established
paganism
Pentecostalism
Sunni
super-church
Taoism
Taoist
the God squad
totemism
sect | American Dictionary
sect
noun[ C ]
us/sekt/
a religious group with beliefs that make it different from a larger or more established religion it has separated from:
a Christian sect
A sect is also a small group of people who share a particular set of political beliefs.
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