FACTION vs SECT: NOUN
- Strife; discord.
- A group of people, especially within a political organization, who express a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
- Tumult; discord; dissension.
- A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.
- One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.
- Synonyms Combination, Party, etc. See cabal.
- In Roman antiquity, one of the classes into which the charioteers in the circensian games were divided, one of each contending in a race.
- Combined disorderly opposition to established authority; turbulence; tumult; dissension.
- A party of persons having a common end in view; usually, such a party seeking by irregular means to bring about changes in government or in the existing state of affairs, or in any association of which they form part; a combination of persons using subversive or perverse methods of promoting their own selfish or partizan views or interests, especially in matters of state.
- A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
- A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction
- A dissenting clique
- A group of people forming a distinct unit within a larger group by virtue of certain refinements or distinctions of belief or practice.
- A dissenting clique
- A subdivision of a larger religious group
- A religious body, especially one that has separated from a larger denomination.
- A part cut off; a cutting; scion.
- In geometry: A part cut out on a straight line; a limited straight line or rod; the part or piece of a straight line between two definite points (end-points of the sect); a portion of a given straight line, of definite length.
- A piece of a range bounded by two points.
- Two points, A and B, upon a straight adjective
- A system or body of doctrines or opinions held by a number of persons and constituting the distinctive doctrines of a school, as propounded originally by the founder or founders of the school and (usually) developed or modified by later adherents; also and usually, the body of persons holding such doctrines or opinions; a school of philosophy or of philosophers: as, the sect of Epicurus; the sect of the Epicureans.
- A party or body of persons who unite in holding certain special doctrines or opinions concerning religion, which distinguish them from others holding the same general religious belief; a distinct part of the general body of persons claiming the same religious name or origin; especially, such a party of innovators, differing in their beliefs from those who support the older or orthodox views; a party or faction in a religious body; a separate ecclesiastical organization; an ecclesiastical denomination: as, the sects of the Jewish religion (which were not separately organized); the sects of the Christian church (usually separately organized); Mohammedan sects; Buddhist sects.
- A religion.
- In a general sense, a number of persons holding the same opinions or practising the same customs, or having common associations or interests; a party; following; company; faction.
- Kind; sex: originally merely a particular use of sect in sense 4, but now regarded as a form of sex, and as such avoided as incorrect.
- Apparel; likeness.
- A cutting; a scion.
- 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.
- An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.
- A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
- A faction united by common interests or beliefs.
FACTION vs SECT: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- [lowercase or cap.] An abbreviation of section.
- In mathematics, of sects; operating with sects.
FACTION vs SECT: RELATED WORDS
- Abdul, Groups, Affiliation, Tribes, Reformist, Wing, Group, Grouping, Clan, Party, Junto, Junta, Camarilla, Cabal, Sect
- Branch, Chapter, Community, Confession, Schism, Confessional, Doctrine, Shinto, Sectarian, Caste, Denomination, Cult, Clan, Religious order, Faction
FACTION vs SECT: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Platoon, Camp, Abdul, Affiliation, Reformist, Wing, Group, Grouping, Clan, Party, Junto, Junta, Camarilla, Cabal, Sect
- Branch, Chapter, Community, Confession, Schism, Confessional, Doctrine, Shinto, Sectarian, Caste, Denomination, Cult, Clan, Religious order, Faction
FACTION vs SECT: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Faction Agents are unique in that they can potentially have faction emblems from two separate factions.
- Fair Haven Kim would have qualified for includes only one full Faction and three Faction hybrids.
- Argent Tournament, everything is faction specific, and nothing carries over to the opposing faction at all.
- May not Leave Faction if already in a war as part of the faction.
- Only heroes of the specific faction can be used in each faction tower.
- Playing as any faction, trigger a civil war in another faction.
- Some Hostile Child, in the Bandit faction, Forsworn faction, necromancer and.
- Erudite faction leader Jeanine and the rest of her faction.
- The final big quest varies from faction to faction.
- One faction was called the Kelly faction, the other faction was called the Knowland faction.
- During the Edo period, it was not considered as one sect but seen as one school of the Rinzai sect.
- Similar to the Frozen Cloud Asgard, this is where the highest members of the sect reside and by all means, the sect master himself.
- Sabbat versus Clan: There are times when the entire sect acts against a single clan, either outside of or within the sect.
- No sect has such a theology; no great sect aims at such, or the life it leads to.
- But however deep the cleavage, no sect denies God and no sect extols violence and falsehood.
- Japan and founded a new Zen sect, the Obaku sect, which combined Rinzai and Pure Land teachings.
- This suggests that the Pure Land sect exerted influence within the Vinitaruci sect.
- By the end of ninth century, Lam Te sect was split into Hoang Long, Duong Ky sect.
- Bible but not the interpretation of it as that varies sect by sect.
- Thats Southern Baptism but it may vary from sect to sect.
FACTION vs SECT: QUESTIONS
- Did Ioannidis save Greece from the Papadopoulos faction?
- Where to find the Enlightened faction in Shadowlands?
- What faction of Islam controlled the Ottoman Empire?
- How did the Cybertronian faction of Transformers start?
- What happens when you eliminate the original faction?
- Can a faction ask another faction to become a protectorate?
- Can vendors in faction specific locations use currency from their faction?
- What is the best faction standing to join faction warfare?
- What is the most difficult faction to gain faction reputation?
- Can You Leave your faction to raid another faction?
- Was a polygamist Mormon sect leader arrested in Las Vegas?
- Which sect of Buddhism is called on people to chant?
- Did Kenya's President Kibaki host proscribed sect members?
- Was a polygamist sect leader arrested in Las Vegas?
- Why did William Penn join the radical religious sect?
- What is the most theologically liberal sect of Judaism?
- What happened to Branch Davidian sect 25 years ago?
- Why was early Christianity considered a Jewish sect?
- Did Paul persecute Christians as a blasphemous sect?
- Is nocturnal celestial intersection better than diurnal sect?