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. James Madison:

   Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other sects

2. Ngabu Ngawi Olivier:

   We are a peaceful sect and war does not benefit us, we took up arms to protect ourselves against attacks by the (army) and other religious communities on our followers. But now I think it is no longer important to continue killing civilians or attacking the army.

3. Nadine Labaki:

   If you, like me are angry, forget the party, forget the sect, you are today Lebanese, a child of Beirut.

4. Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry, 1799:

   I am for freedom of religion, & against all maneuvres to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another.

5. 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!