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A sect is an noun meaning:[1]
- a body of persons adhering to a particular religious faith; a religious denomination.
- a group regarded as heretical or as deviating from a generally accepted religious tradition.
- (in the sociology of religion) a Christian denomination characterized by insistence on strict qualifications for membership, as distinguished from the more inclusive groups called churches.
- any group, party, or faction united by a specific doctrine or under a doctrinal leader.
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