Sect (sĕkt), n. [F. secte,
L. secta, fr. sequi to follow; often confused with L.
secare, sectum, to cut. See Sue to follow, and
cf. Sept, Suit, n.] Those
following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain
opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance
distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular
creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern
times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination;
in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in
society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.
He beareth the sign of poverty,
And in that sect our Savior saved all mankind.
Piers Plowman.
As of the sect of which that he was born,
He kept his lay, to which that he was sworn.
Chaucer.
The cursed sect of that detestable and false
prophet Mohammed.
Fabyan.
As concerning this sect [Christians], we know
that everywhere it is spoken against.
Acts xxviii.
22.Sect (sĕkt), n. [L.
secare, sectum, to cut.] A cutting; a scion.
[Obs.] Shak.