secta

secta.

(Del lat. secta).

1. f. Conjunto de seguidores de una parcialidad religiosa o ideológica.

2. f. Doctrina religiosa o ideológica que se diferencia e independiza de otra.

3. f. Conjunto de creyentes en una doctrina particular o de fieles a una religión que el hablante considera falsa.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española

Sect Sect (se^kt), n. [F. secte, L. secta, fr. sequi to follow; often confused with L. secare, sectum, to cut. See
{Sue} to follow, and cf. {Sept}, {Suit}, n.]
Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached
to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief
or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the
believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular
practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting
from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy,
the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society
and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.
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He beareth the sign of poverty, And in that sect our Savior saved all mankind. --Piers
Plowman.
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As of the sect of which that he was born, He kept his lay, to which that he was sworn. --Chaucer.
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The cursed sect of that detestable and false prophet Mohammed. --Fabyan.
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As concerning this sect Christians, we know that everywhere it is spoken against. --Acts xxviii.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English