SECT
NOUNS
1387 • SET a religious body, a sect → obs.
1651 • SECTARY a sect → obs.
1681 • CANT the peculiar phraseology of a religious sect or class → obs.
1851 • SECTIUNCLE • SECTIUNCULE a small, insignificant religious body; a little or petty sect
1864 • SECTISM devotion to a sect
NOUNS – PERSON
1563 • SECTARE a member of a religious sect → Sc. obs.
1612 • SECTIST a person who follows a particular sect → obs.
1613 • GURU a Hindu spiritual teacher or head of a religious sect
1633 • CORYPHAEUS the chief or leader of a party, sect, school, etc.
1836 • SHEPHERD the title of the ‘pastor’ or ‘minister’ of a sect
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