sect
Example Sentences
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The sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam whose members make up one of the country's biggest religious minorities.
From BBC
The sect is known as the Shaking Quakers, for their combination of a Quakerish faith in the individual spiritual experience and a worship style characterized by a feral sort of dancing.
It stands to reason, then, that a film about Ann Lee, the founding “mother” of this 18th century celibate Christian sect, would be a musical.
From Los Angeles Times
The director, 44, grew up in a secular home in Norway, but her film about this radical American sect is strikingly earnest.
From Los Angeles Times
The Druze — a sect that combines elements of Islam and other religious traditions — constitute 1 million people worldwide; some 500,000 live in Syria, or roughly 3% of the population.
From Los Angeles Times
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