religious sect

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noun

a subdivision of a larger religious group
• Syn:
sect, religious order
• Derivationally related forms:
sectarian (for: sect)
• Hypernyms:
religion, faith, organized religion
• Hyponyms:
sisterhood, Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari, High Church,
High Anglican Church, Abecedarian, Amish sect, Karaites, Shiah, Shia,
Shiah Islam, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Shivaism, Sivaism, Shaktism,
Saktism, Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, Haredi, Hare Krishna, International Society for Krishna Consciousness,
ISKCON, Jainism, Taoism, Kokka Shinto, Kokka, Shuha Shinto,
Shua, brethren, order, monastic order, Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends,
Quakers, Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, Waldenses, Vaudois, Zurvanism
• Part Meronyms:
convent