Sect
Word | SECT |
Character | 4 |
Hyphenation | sect |
Pronunciations | /sɛkt/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Sect"
What do we mean by sect?
A group of people forming a distinct unit within a larger group by virtue of certain refinements or distinctions of belief or practice. noun
A religious body, especially one that has separated from a larger denomination. noun
A faction united by common interests or beliefs. noun
A system or body of doctrines or opinions held by a number of persons and constituting the distinctive doctrines of a school, as propounded originally by the founder or founders of the school and (usually) developed or modified by later adherents; also and usually, the body of persons holding such doctrines or opinions; a school of philosophy or of philosophers: as, the sect of Epicurus; the sect of the Epicureans. noun
A party or body of persons who unite in holding certain special doctrines or opinions concerning religion, which distinguish them from others holding the same general religious belief; a distinct part of the general body of persons claiming the same religious name or origin; especially, such a party of innovators, differing in their beliefs from those who support the older or orthodox views; a party or faction in a religious body; a separate ecclesiastical organization; an ecclesiastical denomination: as, the sects of the Jewish religion (which were not separately organized); the sects of the Christian church (usually separately organized); Mohammedan sects; Buddhist sects. noun
A religion. noun
In a general sense, a number of persons holding the same opinions or practising the same customs, or having common associations or interests; a party; following; company; faction. noun
Kind; sex: originally merely a particular use of sect in sense 4, but now regarded as a form of sex, and as such avoided as incorrect. noun
Apparel; likeness. noun
A part cut off; a cutting; scion. noun
lowercase or cap. An abbreviation of section.
In geometry: A part cut out on a straight line; a limited straight line or rod; the part or piece of a straight line between two definite points (end-points of the sect); a portion of a given straight line, of definite length. noun
A piece of a range bounded by two points. noun
Two points, A and B, upon a straight adjective noun
In mathematics, of sects; operating with sects.
Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party. noun
A cutting; a scion. noun
An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs. noun
A group following a specific ideal or a leader. noun
A subdivision of a larger religious group noun
An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.
A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
A cutting; a scion.
A Big Fat Pice Of Pies Urban Dictionary
N. an internet slang for sex to be used in a more joking manner or perhaps in a format more suitable for the eyes of younger children. v. to have sex with someone, forceably or not, the act of performing sex upon an individual Urban Dictionary
F5 is the function key to refresh a page on PC. In Chinese/Japanese translation Web Novel and Light Novel communities, authors/translators will often have a regular time of the day that they'll upload the latest chapter. Practitioners of the F5 Sect have been known to repeatedly spam the F5 key near these times in the hope of being the first one to access the new chapter, and thus have the opportunity to make the first comment. The 'Sect' is a joke referring to how many of the Chinese novels having martial practitioners belonging to various Sects (Clans, groups, etc.). Therefore the users who single-mindedly hit the F5 key in pursuit of first comment ironically reflect the focus that'd be required of a martial cultivator in many of the novels that they are reading. Urban Dictionary
1. The cutting open of a relatives stomach in case of an emergency birth. 2. A steralized setting of the art of delivering a baby through the stomach. 3. The alternative to a natural birth. Urban Dictionary
See Definitions. (1) and (2) for a complete description. Def: 1) Pronunciation:\ˈdī\ \ˈsekt\ A conjunction of two separate words, Die and Sect. A "Sect" is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs. Adding "Die" as a prefix to this then defines a certain type of sect. Making this conjunction a noun. A "Die-Sect" is a group with distinctive beliefs that everything weather religious, political or philosophical has a creation beginning and a definite ending point of death. Everything that has life, Will eventually die. Giving this sect it's root premise of worship. A true ending point of complete non-existence remaining after the end of life leaving only a carbon footprint on the fabric of time. Def: 2) Pronunciation:\ˈdī\ \ˈsekt\ A musical band from the United States of America the state of Michigan. Creating styles of music called metal they have performed for live audiences since July, 2009. www.Die-Sect.com They originally created the band using a core group of four members playing lead guitar, bass guitar, percussion and vocals. The subclass genres of categorization "Die-Sect" performs include: Heavy metal, Thrash metal, Speed metal, Death metal, Power metal, Metalcore, Doom Metal, Melodic Metal, Hot-rod Metal, Industrial Metal, Sex Metal, Hardcore Metal, Math Metal, and a self created genre - Meth Metal Urban Dictionary
A group of girls who are obsessed with memes. Ps. 2 of them even like kpop Urban Dictionary
The cutting open of the stomach resembling the cutting open of a dry Thanksgiving turkey. Urban Dictionary
What religious dyslexics do with each other in the privacy of their bedroom. Urban Dictionary
The splicing of a sisters stomach with a cutco knife in an emergency delivery. Urban Dictionary
The marriage of two people who share the same religious beliefs or practices. Urban Dictionary
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