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She argues that the Qumran sect actively followed the 364-day calendar during its formative period in the second century BCE.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Authorities at the Temple in Jerusalem determined important dates using the prevailing calendar, but the Qumran sect rejected the idea that human leaders should have that power.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

A New Zealand court has jailed a religious sect leader over the death of an elderly follower who had travelled from China to live with his family.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

He belongs to a Hindu sect that reveres nature and follows strict vegetarianism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Each Hasidic sect had its own house of worship—shtibblach, they were called—most of them badly lighted, musty rooms, with benches or chairs crowded together and with windows that seemed always to be closed.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

“Why, among all those competing Jewish sects in the first century,” Mr. Diamond asks, “were Christians the ones to found a world religion?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"All sects used to celebrate with us, and we hope to see this in the coming years, in order to rebuild Syria," she added.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

Almost all sects and factions of the ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, community are taking part in what has been dubbed the "march of the million".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

In the end, wrote Burger, the track record of the Amish in maintaining alternative modes of informal vocational education was a showing “that probably few other religious groups or sects could make.”

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2025

He was painfully aware that he lacked the ecclesiastical aplomb and savoir-faire that enabled so many of his colleagues in other faiths and sects to get ahead.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller