Definition of sect

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Sect (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..

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Seeker :: Seeker (n.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments..
Panorpid :: Panorpid (n.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice..
Nepa :: Nepa (n.) A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion.
Histotomy :: Histotomy (n.) The dissection of organic tissues.
Latus Rectum :: Latus rectum () The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter..
Multisect :: Multisect (a.) Divided into many similar segments; -- said of an insect or myriapod.
Smudge :: Smudge (n.) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects..
Triclinic :: Triclinic (a.) Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization..
Cremaster :: Cremaster (n.) The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.
Phryganeides :: Phryganeides (n. pl.) A tribe of neuropterous insects which includes the caddice flies; -- called also Trichoptera. See Trichoptera.
Shafiite :: Shafiite (n.) A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei..
Consectary :: Consectary (a.) Following by consequence; consequent; deducible.
Doctrine :: Doctrine (n.) That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances..
Terebra :: Terebra (n.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
Bisector :: Bisector (n.) One who, or that which, bisects; esp. (Geom.) a straight line which bisects an angle..
Sector :: Sector (n.) A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.
Entomophaga :: Entomophaga (n. pl.) One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvae feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2..
Suradanni :: Sura (n.) One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append..
Thigh :: Thigh (n.) The coxa, or femur, of an insect..
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