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sect

noun
🔊/sekt/
🔊/sekt/
 (sometimes disapproving)
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  1. 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派别；宗派
    • The Shakers are an American religious sect, founded in the 18th century.震颤派是美国的一个宗教派别，创立于18世纪。
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • religious
    • evangelical
    • fundamentalist
    • …
    verb + sect
    • belong to
    • join
    • found
    • …
    sect + noun
    • member
    • leader
    phrases
    • a leader of a sect
    • a member of a sect
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French secte or Latin secta, literally ‘following’, hence ‘faction, party’, from the stem of sequi ‘follow’.