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 sect [sekt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 宗派, 教派



    sect
    [ noun ]
    1. a subdivision of a larger religious group

      2. <noun.group>
    2. a dissenting clique

      3. <noun.group>


    Sect \Sect\ (s[e^]kt), n. [L. secare, sectum, to cut.]
    A cutting; a scion. [Obs.] --Shak.


    Sect \Sect\ (s[e^]kt), n. [F. secte, L. secta, fr. sequi to
    follow; often confused with L. secare, sectum, to cut. See
    {Sue} to follow, and cf. {Sept}, {Suit}, n.]
    Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached
    to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief
    or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the
    believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular
    practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting
    from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy,
    the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society
    and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.

    He beareth the sign of poverty,
    And in that sect our Savior saved all mankind. --Piers
    Plowman.

    As of the sect of which that he was born,
    He kept his lay, to which that he was sworn. --Chaucer.

    The cursed sect of that detestable and false prophet
    Mohammed. --Fabyan.

    As concerning this sect [Christians], we know that
    everywhere it is spoken against. --Acts xxviii.
    22.

    1. Most war refugees living in Iran belong to Afghanistan's minority Shiite sect of Islam, which is practiced by most Iranians. Those in Pakistan are Sunni Moslems.
    2. Sikh extremists have been waging a guerrilla war since 1982 for more autonomy or an independent homeland for Sikhs in Punjab, contending their minority sect is discriminated against by India's majority Hindus.
    3. The peace accord provides for sharing political power equally between Moslems and Christians, ending the traditional dominance of the Maronite Catholics, the main Christian sect.
    4. The majority of Afghan fighters based in Iran belong to Afghanistan's minority Shiite sect of Islam.
    5. Mahdi leads the other sect, Ansar.
    6. He was not charged in connection with the murders in Matamoros or Mexico City or with other crimes alleged against the sect. Authorities would not say if he will remain on the police force until his case is resolved.
    7. They are among 30 people who have sued in a federal court, claiming the sect leaders who govern the towns' 5,000 inhabitants are illegally holding property belonging to church members.
    8. The belief must be based "on some tenets or dogma accepted by the individual of some church, sect or denomination," the agency said.
    9. Amal and Hezbollah have been locked in a struggle for control of Lebanon's 1 million Shiites, the country's largest single sect, since last April.
    10. Members of the sect, who make up only 2 percent of India's 800 million people, claim discrimination by the predominant Hindus.
    11. Her storytelling helped children visiting the museum understand the ways of the sect that's famous for its simple, efficient creations, including the flat broom, clothespin and ladderback chairs.
    12. Sikhs, whose sect was founded about 500 years ago as an alternative to Hinduism and Islam, claim they are discriminated against by India's majority Hindus.
    13. Patricia Munday suffered a deep gash on her forehead Jan. 26 when she was attacked near the headquarters of the secretive Ananda Marg sect in Purulia, a village in West Bengal.
    14. But they are an extreme religious sect; and live for the glory of God.
    15. The Thai government yesterday detained the leader of the messianic Al-Arqam Islamic movement, indicating that he would be expelled to Malaysia, which has sought to have the sect banned throughout South-East Asia.
    16. In another development, senior officials of rival Shiite Moslem factions met in an effort to resolve their intermittent 3-year-old war for mastery of Lebanon's 1.2 million Shiites, the country's largest sect.
    17. The Druse, members of a mystical sect that is an offshoot of Shiite Islam, have marked each anniversary with demonstrations.
    18. The Lebanese Forces and Gemayel's Katayeb militia at the time were battling for dominance of the 800,000-member Maronite Catholic community, Lebanon's most powerful Christian sect.
    19. About 70 people have been injured in recent fueding between the main Chokey sect in South Korea and its rivals.
    20. The region north of Beirut was the heartland of Maronite Catholics, the dominant Christian sect.
    21. Moslem Shiites, who form the vast majority of Iran's population, consider Karbala their holiest shrine after Mecca because the founder of their sect, Hussein is buried there.
    22. Bertha Lindsay, the last eldress of the Shakers, a celibate religious sect that promoted communal living and pacifism for more than 200 years, has died.
    23. Most of them are members of the Shia sect of Islam, a minority in Sunni Moslem-dominated Afghanistan.
    24. Before meeting Shamseddine, Scheer met with Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, spiritual leader of the Maronite Catholic sect, for 90 minutes at his seat in the mountain-peak resort of Bkirki north of Beirut.
    25. Hezbollah works closely with units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, stationed in Lebanon since Israel's 1982 invasion, to build influence among the country's 1.2 million Shiites, Lebanon's largest sect.
    26. Mr Hashim Jaafar, an Al Arqam spokesman, says the sect has commercial assets of Dollars 100m (Pounds 64.5m).
    27. "I'm afraid we're going to go back to even worse times if the Maronite establishment fails to respond to the winds of change," warned Elie Hobeika, a Syrian-backed leftist Maronite at odds with the dominant right-wingers of his sect.
    28. Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, spiritual head of the Maronite Catholic sect, issued a cease-fire appeal before midnight, urging Aoun's troops and Geagea's Lebanese Forces militiamen to disobey their commanders and lay down arms.
    29. Police say a routine license-plate check led to the arrest of five alleged members of a violent polygamist sect linked to killings in Utah, Texas and other states.
    30. The high priest of a religious cult has been sentenced to death for murder and leading cannibalism rites where believers ate one of the sect's followers.
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