Related Words for sect

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faction
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Noun, Noun
cult
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Noun
adherent
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Noun
fundamentalist
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Noun
creed
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Noun
tribe
/
Noun
subculture
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Noun
coven
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Noun
denomination
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Noun
group
/
Noun
millenarian
/x/xx
Noun
religion
x/x
Noun
heretics
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Noun
caste
/
Noun
clan
/
Noun
extremist
x/x
Noun
ideology
xx/xx
Noun
adepts
x/
Noun
mystic
/x
Noun
zealot
/x
Noun
religious
x/x
Adjective
heretical
x/xx
Adjective
dogma
/x
Noun
dissenter
x/x
Noun
essenes
x/x
Name
pharisaic
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Name
apostate
x/x
Noun
shia
/x
Name
fanatical
x/xx
Adjective
renegades
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Noun
militia
x/x
Noun
clique
/
Noun
theosophical
/x/xx
Name
religio
x/xx
Noun
doctrines
/x
Noun
reverend
/xx
Noun
militant
/xx
Adjective
sunni
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
lunatic
/xx
Noun
orthodoxy
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Noun
subgroup
/x
Noun
heresy
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Noun
schism
/x
Noun
church
/
Noun
theology
x/xx
Noun
distinctive
x/x
Adjective
secularism
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Noun
verse
/
Noun
chapter
/x
Noun
lesson
/x
Noun
faith
/
Noun
heterodoxy
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Noun
organized religion
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
branch
/
Noun
path
/
Noun
apostolate
/xxx
Noun
order
/x
Noun
state religion
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
nonconformist
xx/x
Noun
dissident
/xx
Noun
stake
/
Noun
particularism
x/xxxx
Noun
house of worship
///x
Phrase, Noun
place of worship
/xxx
Phrase, Noun
persuasion
x/x
Noun
paganism
/xxx
Noun
profession
x/x
Noun
secular
/xx
Adjective
spirituality
xxx/xx
Noun
service
/x
Noun
fold
/
Noun
faithful
/x
Adjective
convert
/x
Noun
belief
x/
Noun
true believer
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
sheep
/
Noun
class
/
Noun
ismaili
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Adjective
ringleader
/xx
Noun
zen
/
Adjective
shiite
/x
Adjective
gnostics
/x
Noun
ascetics
x/x
Noun
sadducees
x//
Name
persecuted
/xxx
Adjective
mendicants
x/x
Noun
dervishes
/xx
Noun
heterodox
xxxx
Adjective
assassins
x/x
Noun
theravada
xx/x
Adjective
anabaptists
xx/x
Name
manichaean
/x/x
Adjective
founder
/x
Noun
fanatics
x/x
Noun
yogis
/
Noun
manichean
/x/x
Adjective
buddhism
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Name
ammo
/x
Noun, Verb
amulet
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Noun
appendix
x/x
Noun
art
/
Noun
article
/xx
Noun, Verb
bishopric
/xx
Noun
brotherhoods
/xx
Noun
cap
/
Noun, Verb
category
/xxx
Noun
chap
/
Noun, Verb
char
/
Noun, Verb
chit
/
Noun, Verb
community
x/xx
Noun
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
confession
x/x
Noun
confessional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
congregation
xx/x
Noun
convent
/x
Noun, Verb
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dialogue
/xx
Noun, Verb
door
/
Noun, Verb
drier
/x
Noun
esa
/x
Name
festival
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fragment
/x
Noun, Verb
fraternities
x/xx
Noun
hare krishna
//x
Name, Name
high church
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
ic
x
Name, Adjective
iv
/
Name, Adjective
jainism
/xx
Name
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
left
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
left wing
//
Phrase, Noun
mystical
/xx
Adjective
neat
/
Adjective, Noun
offshoot
/x
Noun
old guard
//
Name, Name
orphanage
/xx
Noun
pantheon
/xx
Noun
para
/x
Noun, Adjective
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
phalanx
/x
Noun
plate
/
Noun, Verb
quarter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
range
/
Noun, Verb
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
right wing
//
Phrase, Noun
sec
/
Noun
section
/x
Noun, Verb
segment
/x
Noun, Verb
shinto
/x
Name, Adjective
shrines
/
Adjective
society
x/xx
Noun
sort
/
Noun, Verb
splinter group
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stratum
/x
Noun
structure
/x
Noun, Verb
subparagraph
x/xx
Noun, Verb
supplement
/xx
Noun, Verb
taoism
/xx
Name
traditions
x/x
Name
cloth
/
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
oh
/
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun