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sect
- Main Entry:
- 1sect

- Pronunciation:
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\ˈsekt\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English secte, from Anglo-French & Late Latin & Latin; Anglo-French, group, faction, from Late Latin secta organized ecclesiastical body, from Latin, course of action, way of life, probably from sectari to pursue, frequentative of sequi to follow
— more at sue
- Date:
- 14th century
1 a: a dissenting or schismatic religious body
; especially : one regarded as extreme or heretical b: a religious denomination2archaic : sex 1 <so is all her sect
— Shakespeare>3 a: a group adhering to a distinctive doctrine or to a leader b: party c: faction
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