sect
Betekenis (Engels)
- An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
- A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
- (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.
Synoniemen
religious sect
Sect
separation from
religious community
Vertalingen
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/sɛkt/
Etymologie (Engels)
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.
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