Sect (s&ebreve;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.
He
beareth the sign of poverty,
And in that
sect our Savior saved all mankind.
Piers Plowman. As of the sect of which that he
was born,
He kept his lay, to which
that he was
sworn.
Chaucer.
The cursed
sect of that detestable and false prophet Mohammed.
Fabyan.
As concerning this sect [Christians], we know that everywhere it is spoken against.
Acts xxviii. 22.
Sect (s&ebreve;kt), n. [L. secare,
sectum, to cut.]
A cutting; a scion. [Obs.] Shak.
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