Definition for Sect:

• ( Gr. hairesis, usually rendered " heresy", Acts 24:14 ; 1 Chronicles 11:19 ; Galatians 5:20 , etc.), meaning properly " a choice," then " a chosen manner of life," and then " a religious party," as the " sect" of the Sadducees ( Acts 5:17 ), of the Pharisees ( 15:5 ), the Nazarenes, i.e., Christians ( 24:5 ). It afterwards came to be used in a bad sense, of those holding pernicious error, divergent forms of belief ( 2 Peter 2:1 ; Galatians 5:20 ).

Synonyms for Sect:

• n.

  •
  • cult.
  •
  • religion,
  • church,
  • faith,
  • denomination,
  • communion,
  • persuasion.
  •
  • confession,
  • creed.
  •crew (noun)
  • posse,
  • circle,
  • staff,
  • league,
  • band,
  • force,
  • union,
  • team,
  • squad,
  • faction,
  • detachment,
  • crowd,
  • troupe,
  • covey,
  • cabal,
  • caucus,
  • complement,
  • coalition,
  • gang,
  • host,
  • hive,
  • brigade,
  • school,
  • crew,
  • troop,
  • pack,
  • aggregation,
  • string,
  • flock,
  • group,
  • fellowship,
  • cell,
  • collection,
  • coterie,
  • regiment,
  • detail,
  • ring,
  • outfit,
  • clan,
  • assembly,
  • tribe,
  • body,
  • society,
  • bevy,
  • bunch,
  • junta,
  • clique,
  • set,
  • platoon,
  • herd,
  • litter,
  • fleet,
  • retinue,
  • assemblage,
  • party,
  • mob,
  • division,
  • cadre,
  • company,
  • fraternity,
  • nest,
  • colony,
  • army,
  • battalion,
  • club,
  • drove,
  • wing,
  • phalanx.
  •denomination (noun)
  • church,
  • order,
  • following.
  •order (noun)
  • fraternity,
  • sisterhood.
  •persuasion (noun)
  • school of thought.
  •religious belief (noun)
  • denomination.
  •school (noun)
  • school.
  •school of thought (noun)
  • persuasion,
  • camp,
  • division,
  • church,
  • cult,
  • group,
  • splinter group,
  • creed,
  • order,
  • following,
  • crew,
  • communion,
  • party,
  • team,
  • school,
  • wing,
  • faith,
  • connection,
  • faction,
  • religion,
  • denomination.
  •sect (noun)
  • faction,
  • religious sect,
  • religious order.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • class.
  •
  • creed,
  • race,
  • denomination.
  •
  • church,
  • religion,
  • communion.
  •
  • faith,
  • persuasion.
  •
  • confession.
  •organization
  • order.
  •split
  • schism.
  •Other relevant words:
  • subset,
  • cause,
  • viewpoint,
  • cult,
  • lodge,
  • camarilla,
  • knighthood,
  • monotheism,
  • persuasion,
  • decree,
  • political party,
  • pressure group,
  • divinity,
  • junto,
  • style,
  • belief,
  • feather,
  • fashion,
  • federation,
  • religion,
  • affiliation,
  • following,
  • theosophy,
  • communion,
  • school of thought,
  • conviction,
  • profession of faith,
  • suit,
  • kin,
  • church,
  • kit,
  • variety,
  • organization,
  • command,
  • association,
  • aspect,
  • connection,
  • philosophy,
  • declaration of faith,
  • position,
  • doctrine,
  • class,
  • genus,
  • attitude,
  • manner,
  • religious group,
  • community,
  • Minority Group,
  • followers,
  • bloc,
  • branch,
  • confession,
  • kind,
  • adherents,
  • confederacy,
  • confederation,
  • sort,
  • order,
  • disciples,
  • religious sect,
  • camp,
  • rank,
  • range,
  • silent majority,
  • standpoint,
  • article of faith,
  • segment,
  • opinion,
  • splinter,
  • hagiology,
  • devotees,
  • Votaries,
  • faith,
  • religious denomination,
  • view,
  • assortment,
  • Anthroposophy,
  • interest,
  • left,
  • part,
  • sorority,
  • Family,
  • confession of faith,
  • teaching,
  • partisans,
  • array,
  • gender,
  • associate,
  • section,
  • caste,
  • sisterhood,
  • lubavitchers,
  • side,
  • guild,
  • Sectarism,
  • religious order,
  • sex,
  • religious body,
  • brotherhood,
  • species,
  • Theogony,
  • hagiography,
  • kingdom,
  • form,
  • follower,
  • splinter group,
  • race,
  • sept,
  • offshoot,
  • ethnic group,
  • breed,
  • denomination,
  • ism,
  • angle,
  • block,
  • type,
  • religious cult,
  • sodality,
  • dogma,
  • contingent,
  • interest group,
  • creed,
  • subtype,
  • commission,
  • kidney,
  • stand,
  • schism,
  • version,
  • category,
  • sects.

Antonyms for Sect:

• n.

  • school of thought
    agnosticism, disbelief.