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noun
An organized community of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of the founder's religious practice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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noun
a subdivision of a larger religious group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sect, religious sect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religion, faith, organized religion
Narrower terms: sisterhood, Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari, High Church, High Anglican Church, Abecedarian, Amish sect, Karaites, Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Shivaism, Sivaism, Shaktism, Saktism, Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, Haredi, Hare Krishna, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON, Jainism, Taoism, Kokka Shinto, Kokka, Shuha Shinto, Shua, brethren, order, monastic order, Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Quakers, Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, Waldenses, Vaudois, Zurvanism
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