| Sect (sect) |
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| n. | (s kt) |
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| Sect |
| [L.
secare, sectum, to cut.] |
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| Sect (sect) |
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| n. | (skt) |
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| Sect |
| [F. secte,
L. secta, fr. sequi to follow; often confused with L.
secare, sectum, to cut. See Sue to follow, and
cf. Sept, Suit, ] |
Those
following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain
opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance
distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular
creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern
times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination;
in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in
society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.
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