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# sect

«sect» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small group of people who share strong beliefs, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sects)

### meaning for a pupil

A small group of people who share strong beliefs, often one that has split away from a larger religion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sect/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a small group with its own beliefs and rules, set apart from others

### examples

- The sect met in a small hall to pray. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sect/#x1)
- Members of the sect wore plain grey clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sect/#x2)
- The sect kept to itself and did not join the town's feasts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sect/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.