religious sect
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Nash Athanasiou, the leader of a religious sect called the Very Good Friends, has summoned Hercule to investigate a near-fatal attack on one of his followers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Co-written with partner and frequent collaborator Brady Corbet, the film continues their shared interest in historical fiction, this time based on the story of the founder of the religious sect known as the Shakers.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
The Yoders were members of the Old Order Amish, a centuries-old religious sect that practiced adult baptism and shunned such modern accoutrements as cars and the electrical power grid.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2025
The gang belongs to a religious sect that considers the animal sacred.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024
He lived with a religious sect in Delhi until his death in 1998.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
