英 [sekt] 美 [sekt]
n. 宗派
复数sects
sect /sɛkt/ CET6+ TEM4
可数名词 A sect is a group of people that has separated from a larger group and has a particular set of religious or political beliefs. (有某种宗教或政治信仰的) 派系
a subdivision of a larger religious group
同义词： religious sect / religious order
a dissenting clique
同义词： faction
教派
... side 边 sect 宗派 splinter group 从大集团里分出来的小集团...
... 河川;江河的流水〖river;streamofwater〗 流派;派别〖school;sect〗 品类;等级〖school;class〗 ...
过去在南北朝只有学说上的学派（Sect），例如六朝时称信《成实论》者名成实师，称信《涅盘》者名涅盘师。
... 河川;江河的流水〖river;streamofwater〗 流派;派别〖school;sect〗 品类;等级〖school;class〗 ...
sectarian 宗派的；偏狭的；党派心强的
Hundreds are initiated into the sect each year.
每年有好几百人被接纳到这个教派中。
Every conceivable Protestant sect was publishing treatises of theological speculation and religious propaganda at a surprising rate.
任何能想到的新教派别都在以惊人的速度出版神学思辨的论文和宗教宣传的论文。
Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect.
amish人很少和他们宗派以外的人通婚。
Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians, a strict Protestant sect originally from what is now the Czech Republic and eastern Germany.
VOA : standard.2010.03.18
Every conceivable Protestant sect was publishing treatises of theological speculation and publishing treatises of religious propaganda at an extraordinary rate.
任何能想到的新教徒的宗教派别都在以不同寻常的,速度出版神学思考著作和,宗教宣传著作。
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He established a religion, first a sect, you might say, then a religion, then eventually an empire, the Holy Roman Empire, that was established in the name of that teaching.
他建立了一个宗教，一开始是个宗派，然后是宗教，最后成为一个帝国，神圣罗马帝国，即是按着他,教诲的名义而建立。
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Government forces say they killed the deputy leader of the sect and appealed to the public to help in tracking fleeing members of the group.
VOA : standard.2009.07.30
Sounds of heavy and light machine gun fire rattled Maiduguri as Nigeria's army pounded suspected hideouts of the Islamic rebels in a bid to flush out remnants of the militant Boko Haram sect.
VOA : standard.2009.07.30
Soon, people outside the sect began to seek out Quakers as trading partners, suppliers and sellers.
The baby girl was thrown into a bonfire because the sect reportedly considered her an antichrist.
BBC: Chilean 'cult leader' Ramon Castillo found dead in Peru
He has repressed every group in his society including much of his own Alawite sect.