Sect
Sect (sekt) , noun
[Latin secare, sectum, to cut.]
A cutting; a scion. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Sect (sekt) , noun
[French secte, Latin secta, from sequi to follow; often confused with Latin secare, sectum, to cut. See Sue to follow, and compare 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.
As of the sect of which that he was born,
He kept his lay, to which that he was sworn.
The cursed sect of that detestable and false prophet Mohammed.
As concerning this sect [Christians], we know that everywhere it is spoken against.