Bible Dictionaries
Sect

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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.

(2):

(n.) A cutting; a scion.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sect'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sect.html. 1828.