sect

英 [sekt]

美 [sekt]

n. 派别; 宗派

复数：sects　第三人称单数：sects　

Collins.1 / BNC.10158 / COCA.10216

牛津词典

noun

派别；宗派
a small group of people who belong to a particular religion but who have some beliefs or practices which separate them from the rest of the group

派别;宗派;教派;党派
Asectis a group of people that has separated from a larger group and has a particular set of religious or political beliefs.

noun

Your class, your cash, your country, sect, your name or your tribe.
你的阶级，你的金钱，你的国家，教派，你的名字或你的种族。
A Protestant sect; commonly called quakers.
新教教派；一般称为公谊会。
This sect, which allows polygamy.
这个教派，允许多妻制。
But Jesus had no intention of founding a new sect or religion.
但是耶稣并没有建立一个新教派或新宗教的意图。
And Taoism is a religious sect.
而道教是一个宗教派别。
The doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation.
印度哲学家流派的学说他们实行裸体和禁欲主义和冥思。
A Hindu sect worshiping Shiva.
信仰湿婆一个印度教流派。
It is widely believed that this reflects a choice of competence over caste and secularism over sect.
外界普遍认为，这反映出人们选择的是能力而非社会等级，是政教分离主义而非宗派主义。
Although one of traditional Chinese founders of a sect of Buddhism, he remained obscure all his life.
但在传统的中国净土宗祖师世系中，他又是一个默默无闻的人物。
According to sociology of religion, a sect& it's not necessarily just an insult.
按照宗教社会学的说法，教派。。。，这不是冒犯。