English Dictionary

sect

/sɛkt/

noun

An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs. / A group following a specific ideal or a leader. / (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.

The sect broke away from the main religion and formed their own community.

意味（1）

An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

A religious sect.

意味（2）

A group following a specific ideal or a leader.

Zen Center welcomes visitors, guests, and prospective students, but it does not engage in systematic institutional or network recruiting of new members, unlike the Christian sect and Erhard Seminars Training.

意味（3）

(obsolete) A cutting; a scion.