sect
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He belongs to a Hindu sect that reveres nature and follows strict vegetarianism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Unlike their Arab Sunni neighbors, Omanis belong to the Ibadite sect, an early secession from mainstream Islam known for its moderate and egalitarian tendencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
The hair-whipping, chest-thumping church founder uprooted her polarizing sect from Manchester, England, to Manhattan before fleeing farther still into the countryside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 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
He lived with a religious sect in Delhi until his death in 1998.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Its tens of thousands of active-duty soldiers reflect the mosaic that is the country, with representation from all sects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
Large sects of these people exist in the US, and similarly have been documented in Australia since the 70s.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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
About three or four such Hasidic sects populated the area in which Danny and I grew up, each with its own rabbi, its own little synagogue, its own customs, its own fierce loyalties.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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