(feminine) cult (socially proscribed and often novel religious group)
(archaic, feminine) sect (split-off religious or philosophical group)
Freqüência
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈsɛk.tə/
Etimologia (Inglês)
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”)