Synonyms for sect
sɛktsect

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1. sect, religious sect, religious ordernoun

   a subdivision of a larger religious group

   Synonyms:
   religious order, religious sect, faction

2. faction, sectnoun

   a dissenting clique

   Synonyms:
   cabal, religious order, religious sect, junto, faction, camarilla

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1. • Clique

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1. sectnoun

   Synonyms:
   denomination, school

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1. sectnoun

   Synonyms:
   school, party, denomination

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1. List of paraphrases for "sect":

   secc, sects, section, sec, cult, dry, art, chap, festival, etec

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1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.

2. Edgar Quinet:

   Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.

3. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   When psychologically unfit form the majority in any sect, and yet proclaim to be the only fittest, will not only be a threat to the existence of the sane minority, but are surely catastrophic for the human race as a whole!”- Ramana Pemmaraju

4. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   When psychologically unfit form the majority in any sect, and yet proclaim to be the only fittest, will not only be a threat to the existence of the sane minority, but are surely catastrophic for the human race as a whole!”

5. Alyssa Farah:

   There's a certain sect of the Republican Party and those close to the former President, who never want to fall out of his good graces, where else are they going to go ? He's their lifeline.