sect
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These minute works are packed with detail: Their flickering candles, flitting moths and glowering skulls appear as if they’ve been excavated from some illuminated manuscript belonging to a long-vanished medieval sect.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
A meetinghouse stood at the center of every village created by the Shakers, the separatist and celibate Christian religious sect founded in the 18th century that was devoted to communal living and simple, functional design.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
The Unification Church lost an appeal Wednesday against a Japanese court's order to dissolve the sect, which came under investigation following the assassination of ex-premier Shinzo Abe.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
Nearly all those reported missing are members of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam that makes up about 10% of Syria's population and to which the ousted president belongs.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
She’s on the phone of a young woman from a Montana religious sect, on a moonlit night, on the spinning and ever-changing earth.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Vocabulary lists containing sect
Human Geography - Middle School
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World Religions
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Human Geography - High School
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