sect
An offshoot of a larger religion or denominationAn offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
» Many sects have initiation rituals for new members.
Bei vielen Sekten gibt es für neue Mitglieder Initiationsriten.
Во многих сектах есть ритуал посвящения новых участников.
Значение
значений: 4An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
a religious sect
A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
(историческое, неисчисляемое)An ancient astrological concept, a form of polarity by which heavenly bodies were designated as either diurnal or nocturnal.
(устаревшее)A cutting; a scion.
- a subdivision of a larger religious group
- a dissenting clique
Примеры
предложений: 21Many sects have initiation rituals for new members.
Во многих сектах есть ритуал посвящения новых участников.
deBei vielen Sekten gibt es für neue Mitglieder Initiationsriten.
The mutilated bodies of members of the sect were found.
Были обнаружены изуродованные тела членов секты.
deDie verstümmelten Leichen von Sektenmitgliedern wurden gefunden.
I didn't know that depending on which sect they belong to, priests don't necessarily have to shave their head.
Я не знал, что жрецы, в зависимости от секты, к которой они принадлежат, не обязательно должны брить свои головы.
There are many sects in Hinduism.
В индуизме много сект.
Tom joined a weird millennialist sect.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From Middle English secte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), froFrom Middle English secte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, guild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc.”), possibly, from Latin sequi (“to follow”). Alternatively linked to sectus (“cut off, divided”), past participle of secō.
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Формы
мн. число: sectsСинонимы
синонимов: 3- a subdivision of a larger religious group:religious sectreligious order
- a dissenting clique:faction