seita

Meaning

sect (religious movement)

Concepts

sect

cult

faction

denomination

religious sect

religious order

Synonyms

facção

culto

Ordem religiosa

Translations

secte

secta

Sekte

sekte

setta

secta

mezhep

terîqet

cultus

طائفة

mezheb

طائِفة

αίρεση

مذهب

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsej.tɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: secta

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese seita, from Latin secta (“sect”), probably from sectus (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of secō (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”), or alternatively from sequor.