sekte

Meaning

1. (feminine) cult (socially proscribed and often novel religious group)
2. (archaic, feminine) sect (split-off religious or philosophical group)

Concepts

sect

denomination

cult

faction

party

🥳

schism

Synonyms

bende

kliek

partij

🥳

Translations

secte

Sekte

secta

seita

setta

mezhep

secta

mezheb

terîqet

طائفة

cultus

culto

مذهب

شيعة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛk.tə/

Etymology

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”)