sect @ EKG

Sect

Of faith. May also be referred to as religious order and religious sect.

A subdivision of a larger religious group.

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Shivaism
A Hindu sect worshiping Shiva.
Shaktism
A Hindu sect worshiping Shakti.
Vaishnavism
Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu.
Hare Krishna
A religious sect founded in the United States in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures; groups...

Kokka Shinto
The branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan.
Shuha Shinto
Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.

order
A group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict".
sisterhood
A religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nu...
Jainism
Sect founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism.
Taoism
A Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and...
Religious Society of Friends
A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called...
Shakers
A celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States.
Amish sect
An orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century; settled...
Albigenses
A Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers...
Haredi
Any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom...
brethren
(plural) the lay members of a male religious order.
High Church
A group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in...
Waldenses
A Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century...
Zurvanism
A Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe.
Abecedarian
A 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for...
Karaites
A Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired...
convent
A community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together.