sect

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noun

1. a subdivision of a larger religious group (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
religious sect, religious order
• Derivationally related forms:
sectarian
• Hypernyms:
religion, faith, organized religion
• Hyponyms:
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
• Part Meronyms:
convent
2. a dissenting clique
• Syn:
faction
• Derivationally related forms:
factious (for: faction)
• Hypernyms:
clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp
• Hyponyms:
splinter group, left, left wing, right, right wing,
old guard, pro-choice faction, pro-life faction

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  faction, religious sect, religious order