English abbreviation dictionary - sect
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Sect
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~ n a group of people with their own particular set of beliefs and practices, especially within or separated from a larger religious group (an early, ascetic Christian sect) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(sects) A sect is a group of people that has separated from a larger group and has a particular set of religious or political beliefs. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French & Late Latin & Latin; Anglo-French, group, faction, from Late Latin ~a organized ecclesiastical body, from Latin, course of action, way of life, probably from ~ari 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 ~ — Shakespeare 3. a. a group adhering to a distinctive doctrine or to a leader b. party c. faction II. abbreviation ~ion; ~ional ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a a body of people subscribing to religious doctrines usu. different from those of an established Church from which they have separated. b usu. derog. a nonconformist or other Church. c a party or faction in a religious body. d a religious denomination. 2 the followers of a particular philosopher or philosophy, or school of thought in politics etc. Etymology: ME f. OF secte or L secta f. the stem of sequi secut- follow ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. секта religious sect —- религиозная секта 2. церковь, вероисповедание 3. направление, течение (в философии, политике и т. п.) allopathy and homeopaty are medical sects —- аллопатия и гомеопатия - это два направления в медицине 4. фракция (в партии) 5. уст. пол all her sect (Shakespeare) —- весь женский пол 6. уст. монашеский орден ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1350, from O.Fr. secte, from L.L. secta "religious group, sect," from L. secta "following, school of thought," originally "a way, road," from fem. of sectus, variant pp. of sequi "follow," from PIE *sekw- "to follow." Sectarian first recorded 1649, originally applied by Presbyterians to Independents, from M.L. sectarius, from secta. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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