sect

英 [sekt]

美 [sekt]

n. 派别; 宗派

复数：sects　第三人称单数：sects　

Collins.1 / BNC.10158 / COCA.10216

牛津词典

noun

派别；宗派
a small group of people who belong to a particular religion but who have some beliefs or practices which separate them from the rest of the group

派别;宗派;教派;党派
Asectis a group of people that has separated from a larger group and has a particular set of religious or political beliefs.

noun

Chinese Taoist sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-Tzu but also incorporating pantheism and sorcery.
中国道士流派，要求追随老子的教义但是也混合着泛神论和巫术。
The abrogation of compulsory celibacy showed the utter instability and lack of moral foundation of the sect.
废除强制性的独身显示，完全不稳定和缺乏道德基础的节。
Ning-ma sect is a important sect in Tibetan buddhism.
宁玛派是藏传佛教历史上一个重要的教派。
In 1977, friends in the Japanese Buddhist world set up the Japan-China Friendship Association of the Sukhavati Sect.
1977年日本佛教界朋友成立了日中友好净土宗协会。
A Protestant sect; commonly called quakers.
新教教派；一般称为公谊会。
And the bee? What's with that? You joined a sect?
那蜜蜂呢？你用它做什么？你加入了一个教派？
It is widely believed that this reflects a choice of competence over caste and secularism over sect.
外界普遍认为，这反映出人们选择的是能力而非社会等级，是政教分离主义而非宗派主义。
A Hindu sect worshiping Shiva.
信仰湿婆一个印度教流派。
Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect.
Amish人很少和他们宗派以外的人通婚。
Although one of traditional Chinese founders of a sect of Buddhism, he remained obscure all his life.
但在传统的中国净土宗祖师世系中，他又是一个默默无闻的人物。