sect, n.
(sects)
freq. cnt. 1
(sects)
freq. cnt. 1
a subdivision of a larger religious group
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
religious order religious sect sect
semantic pointers
hyponym
sisterhood
Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari
High Church, High Anglican Church
Abecedarian
Amish sect
Karaites
Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam
Sunni, Sunni Islam
Shivaism, Sivaism
Shaktism, Saktism
Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism
Haredi
Hare Krishna, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON
Jainism
Taoism
Kokka Shinto, Kokka
Shuha Shinto, Shua
brethren
order, monastic order
Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Quakers
Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing
Waldenses, Vaudois
Zurvanism
hypernym
part meronym
a dissenting clique
<noun.group>
faction sect
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym