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# sect

noun (sects)

«sect» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A small group of people who share strong beliefs, often one that has split away from a larger religion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sect/#m1)

### In the lessons

a small group with its own beliefs and rules, set apart from others

### Examples

- The sect met in a small hall to pray. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sect/#x1)
- Members of the sect wore plain grey clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sect/#x2)
- The sect kept to itself and did not join the town's feasts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sect/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it means a school of ancient belief that the writer describes.

**Interpretation.** The commentator Westcott lists sects that believed in one, two or three great powers, or in the Sun alone. This is set against the Jewish belief in one God.

### Examples

- The Third sect recognised no god beside the Sun, in which it recognised the sole principle of existence." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sect/#x1)
- The Second sect admitted Three great Powers ; two of them as in the first case, and a third Power whose function was to decide between (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sect/#x2)
- The Second sect admitted Three great Powers; two of them as in the first case, and a third Power whose function was to decide between \[p. 7\] the two others, a supreme arbitrator. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sect/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sect» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sect/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sect» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sect.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sect» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sect/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sect» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sect.html) on Mova free.