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(Anglais)

An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
(obsolete) A cutting; a scion.

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/sɛkt/

Hérité de moyen anglais

secte

In summary

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, gild, 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.