Word Meaning

sect definition and meaning

n. A cutting; a scion.
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.

Crossword clues for sect

- Cult
- Cult into vivisection
- Denomination
- Religious cult
- Religious denomination
- Religious group
- Religious order
- Religious set
- special group