Sect vs Cathar - What's the difference?
sect | cathar |
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.
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(obsolete) A cutting; a scion.
A member of certain so self-styled Novatian and other Christian sects embracing a form of dualism and extraordinary practices adhering to Mary Magdalene's teachings, persecuted by Roman Catholics as heretics.
:The Albigenses, famous Cathars in and around Albi (southern France), were eradicated in a bloody ‘crusade’.
As nouns the difference between sect and cathar
is that sect is an offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs while cathar is a member of certain so self-styled novatian and other christian sects embracing a form of dualism and extraordinary practices adhering to mary magdalene's teachings, persecuted by roman catholics as heretics.sect
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Noun
(en noun)- A religious sect .
