religious sect
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1. a subdivision of a larger religious group (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | sisterhood, |
| definition | : | a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | albigenses, cathari, cathars, |
| definition | : | a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | high anglican church, high church, |
| definition | : | a group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in sacraments and rituals and obedience to church authority) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | abecedarian, |
| definition | : | a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | amish sect, |
| definition | : | an orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century; settled chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | karaites, |
| definition | : | a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | shia, shiah, shiah islam, |
| definition | : | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | sunni, sunni islam, |
| definition | : | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | shivaism, sivaism, |
| definition | : | a Hindu sect worshiping Shiva (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | saktism, shaktism, |
| definition | : | a Hindu sect worshiping Shakti (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | haredi, |
| definition | : | any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | hare krishna, international society for krishna consciousness, iskcon, |
| definition | : | a religious sect founded in the United States in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures; groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna; devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | jainism, |
| definition | : | sect founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | taoism, |
| definition | : | a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | kokka, kokka shinto, |
| definition | : | the branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | shua, shuha shinto, |
| definition | : | any branch of Shinto other than Kokka (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | brethren, |
| definition | : | (plural) the lay members of a male religious order (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | monastic order, order, |
| definition | : | a group of person living under a religious rule (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | vaudois, waldenses, |
| definition | : | a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | zurvanism, |
| definition | : | a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe (noun.group) |
| part holonym | : | convent, |
| definition | : | a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | sectarian, |
| definition | : | belonging to or characteristic of a sect (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sectarian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | sectarian, |
| definition | : | belonging to or characteristic of a sect (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sectarian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects (adj.pert) |
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