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sect | polysectarian |

As a noun sect

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

As an adjective polysectarian is

composed of many sects.

sect

English

Noun

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

    • Related terms

    * sectarian

    See also

    * cult

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    polysectarian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Composed of many sects.
  • *1919 , The Dublin Review , Ed. Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, publ. W. Spooner, v.165, pg. 151:
  • *:In time it became as impossible for polyglot and polysectarian America to provide a common religious standard for her public schools as for her Army or her railways.
  • *1974 , Pakistan Horizon , Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, v.27, pg. 19:
  • *:The reason for this are to be found in the polysectarian nature of Lebanon with the largest sect being a minority of the total population.
  • *2007 , George Mousourakis, A Legal History of Rome , ISBN 9780415408943, pg. 156:
  • *:However, Byzantium, like the Roman Empire, remained a polyglot, multinational and polysectarian state during the greater part of its existence.