Sect



GRE Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 宗教等) 派系
• ［英］ n. ( 宗教等) 派系 ( a dissenting or schismatic religious body)
• ［例］ a philosophical sect（哲学派别）sectarianadj．宗派的、派系的

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English secte, from Anglo-French & Late Latin & Latin; Anglo-French, group, faction, from Late Latin secta organized ecclesiastical body, from Latin, course of action, way of life, probably from sectari to pursue, frequentative of sequi to follow — more at sue
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a dissenting or schismatic religious body; especially one regarded as extreme or heretical
  • b. a religious denomination
• 2. archaic sex 1 <so is all her sect — Shakespeare>
• 3.
  • a. a group adhering to a distinctive doctrine or to a leader
  • b. party
  • c. faction

II. abbreviation

• section; sectional

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