sect
US /sekt/
UK /sekt/
名詞
1.
宗派, 教派
a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong
例:
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The country is divided into several competing religious sects.
その国はいくつかの対立する宗教的宗派に分かれている。
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He was a member of a small Buddhist sect.
彼は小さな仏教の宗派の一員だった。
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