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religious sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group
sect, religious order
organized religion, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
sisterhood a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
albigenses, cathari, cathars a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
high anglican church, high church a group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in sacraments and rituals and obedience to church authority)
abecedarian a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
amish sect an orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century; settled chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania
karaites a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century
shia, shiah, shiah islam one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran
sunni islam, sunni one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
shivaism, sivaism worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon
saktism, shaktism worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva
vaishnavism, vaisnavism worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon
haredi any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel
international society for krishna consciousness, iskcon, hare krishna a chant to the Hindu god Krishna
jainism religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of the soul; denies existence of a perfect or supreme being
taoism philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
kokka, kokka shinto the branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan
shua, shuha shinto any branch of Shinto other than Kokka
brethren (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
monastic order, order the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"
quakers, religious society of friends, society of friends a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
shakers, united society of believers in christ's second appearing a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States
vaudois, waldenses a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century
zurvanism a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring
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