ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SECT
From Latin secta faction, following, from the stem of sequī to follow.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SECT»
The term «sect» is very widely used and occupies the
21.367 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «SECT»
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sect.
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.
Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.
When an individual, a sect, a clique or a nation hates and despises another individual, sect, clique or nation, he or they simply do not know the objects of their hatred. Ignorance is at the bottom of it.
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.
I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.
It's really cool to know that you've put something together that isn't for a particular audience. It's so often that a TV show can really only speak to one sect of the population, and this really is something that appeals to a worldwide fan base. People who are into the pursuit of knowledge. Their reaction has meant the world to us.
There are no conditions in which we subordinate the interests of the class as a whole to the interests of any sect, any chapel, any separate organization.
In Germany, a new sect shall be born which shall renew ancient pagan times.
Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECT»
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sect in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sect and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Clapham
Sect: How Wilberforce's Circle Transformed Britain
The book ends by assessing the long term influence of the Clapham Sect on Victorian Britain and the Empire.
2
Obaku Zen: The Emergence of the Third
Sect of Zen in ...
This is the first detailed English-language study of the Obaku branch of Japanese Zen.
Helen Josephine Baroni, 2000
A history of the Cooneyites, the sect founded by William Irvine.
Doug Parker, Helen Parker, 1982
4
King James Onlyism: A New
Sect
Using evidence from Scripture, history, theology, textual criticism, and ancient and modern Bible versions, this book demonstrates that this doctrine is of recent vintage, being unknown before the mid-twentieth century.
5
Sect Ideologies and Social Status
The author studied and compared a Pentecostal group and a Seventh-day Adventist group in preparation for this work. The question which stimulated the investigation can be stated as a paradox.
6
Women in a Medieval Heretical
Sect: Agnes and Huguette the ...
Women Waldensians have been almost written out of studies of the heretical sect, but are here shown to have played a full role within it, regardless of gender.
7
The Assassins: a radical
sect in Islam
Describes how in the 11th century an Islamic sect formed a terrorist group to try to overthrow the ruling Islamic sect
8
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous ...
Describes the author's childhood in the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, her forced marriage to her abusive cousin at fourteen, how she managed to break free, and her testimony against the sect's leader, Warren Jeffs.
9
The Kurozumi
Sect of Shinto
This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.
Charles William Hepner, Genchi Kato, 2013
10
Aum Shinrikyo - Japan’s Unholy
Sect
He was working at the Aum clinic as a pharmacist when he fled from the sect
whose teachings he no longer believed. The incident started when Ochida and
another follower attempted to rescue an elderly lady who was lured into the sect
with ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SECT»
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sect is used in the context of the following news items.
Philippines to Check Alleged Abductions in Religious Sect
The Philippine Department of Justice has ordered an investigation into allegations that some ministers critical of leaders of an influential religious sect have ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
Polygamist sect in South Dakota wants to block FLDS discussions …
Pierre, S.D. • A polygamous sect seeking permission to double the amount of water available at a remote South Dakota compound wants to block discussion of ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
Nusra Front kills Syrian villagers from minority Druze sect
BEIRUT—Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria has killed at least 20 villagers belonging to the minority Druze sect after a confrontation in northwestern Idlib province, ... «Toronto Star, Jun 15»
Woman who escaped Warren Jeffs' Mormon sect reunited with her …
A 32-year-old woman was harassed and intimidated last week when she tried to pick up her four children from the fundamentalist Mormon sect she bravely left to ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
Fugitive Minnesota Religious Sect Leader Captured In Brazil
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — The former leader of a rural Minnesota religious community who fled the U.S. after facing sexual abuse charges was captured ... «CBS Local, Feb 15»
China Executes Members of Sect for Beating a Woman to Death
BEIJING — A Chinese court announced on Monday that two members of a banned religious sect had been executed for beating a woman to death at a ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
Dogged By Controversy, A Jewish Sect Is On The Move Again
He said members of the sect thought they'd found privacy in the village of San Juan, on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. "We checked a bissel the history ... «NPR, Sep 14»
Ultra-Orthdox Jewish sect that fled Canada for Guatemala during a …
A few months after moving from Canada to a remote part of Guatemala to find religious freedom, a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews have been forced out of their ... «CBC.ca, Aug 14»
Polygamist mormon sect stronghold to get a winery
It is not known whether the owners of the winery are members of the sect, but both towns are mainly populated by members of the radical breakaway group. «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
Polygamist Sect Leader Warren Jeffs Hospitalized
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has been hospitalized, according to prison officials in Texas. Jeffs, 58, is serving a life sentence after being convicted in ... «NBCNews.com, Mar 14»
