Meaning of 'sect' in Maltese is: setta

sect: setta

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setta, grupp, nies, komunità, denominazzjoni, soċjetà, fratellanza, parti, ilbies, naħa, ekwipaġġ, segwaċi, komunità reliġjuża, darbiet, oppożizzjoni, fazzjoni.

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Noun(1) a subdivision of a larger religious group,a dissenting clique,school of thought(2) a subdivision of a larger religious group(3) a dissenting clique(4) school of thought

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(1) Now: imagine that X is not a religion, but a sect within a religion.(2) Later, the contemplation on the nine stages became associated with the Zen sect that focused on meditation practice.(3) First, liberalism is the American sect of the international religion of socialism.(4) The couple have become devotees of the mystical sect of Judaism - Kabbalah.(5) I have visions of his being arrested and incarcerated indefinitely by the Americans, or joining a fundamentalist Sunni sect .(6) From about 100 to 337, the Church in the Empire remained an illegal and persecuted sect .(7) Did you know that Hasidic Jews are considered a mystical sect of Judaism?(8) Christianity originated in the Middle East and was originally a sect of Judaism.(9) The dystopian political program of this utterly marginal, extremist sect has absolutely no traction with anyone of significance.(10) But his lecture was mainly aimed at a powerful sect called the middle-class liberals.(11) the radical sect Friends of the Earth campaigned against aerosols containing CFC gases(12) One sect believes gay marriage is against religion, so ban it.(13) Similarly, those sect members already in Iceland wouldn't have been detained or had their movement restricted.(14) Most of the Korean Buddhists sects were founded after the liberation from the Japanese in 1945.(15) They have tightened security measures to control the influence of extreme political sects among the uprooted multitudes.(16) In the U.S., some Protestant fundamentalist sects still ban any shaking of your money maker.