Sect Definition

sĕkt
sects
noun
sects
Any group of people having a common leadership, set of opinions, philosophical doctrine, political principles, etc., specif. a faction of a larger group.
Webster's New World
A religious body or denomination, esp. a small group that has broken away from an established church.
Webster's New World
A faction united by common interests or beliefs.
American Heritage
abbreviation
Section.
Webster's New World
Sectional.
American Heritage Medicine
suffix
To cut; divide.
Trisect.
American Heritage
Cut; divided.
Transect.
American Heritage
affix
Cut, separated.
Pinnatisect.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sect

Noun

Singular:
sect
Plural:
sects

Origin of Sect

  • From Middle English secte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion"), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc."), possibly, from Latin sequi (“to follow").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English secte from Old French from Latin secta course, school of thought from feminine past participle of sequī to follow sekw-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sectus past participle of secāre to cut sek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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