sect
US: /ˈsɛkt/
UK: /sˈɛkt/
UK: /sˈɛkt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
sect /sekt/
- danh từ
- bè phái, môn phái, giáo phái
- religion sect: giáo phái
- bè phái, môn phái, giáo phái
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
a small group of people who belong to a particular religion but who have some beliefs or practices which separate them from the rest of the group
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 religious order or group or denomination or body or cult or persuasion or subdivision:
At times it seems as if there are as many sects as worshippers.
2 school (of thought), faction, ism, set, clique, cabal:
He belonged to a small sect that promulgated the Ptolemaic cosmogony.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
religious | evangelical, fundamentalist | Buddhist, Christian, etc.
VERB + SECT
belong to | join
SECT + NOUN
member
PHRASES
a leader/member of a sect
Concise English dictionary
sectssekt
noun
+a subdivision of a larger religious group
+a dissenting clique
