n.[C]

1. 派別；黨派；（黨的）宗派；學派
   They belonged to different philosophical sects.

   他們是不同哲學學派的成員。

2. 【宗】分裂出來的教派（尤指異端）；宗派
   Each religious sect in the town had its own church.

   該城每一個宗教教派都有自己的教堂。

n.

1. a religious group or faction regarded as heretical or as deviating from orthodox tradition.
   ▸often derogatory a group that has separated from an established Church; a nonconformist Church.
2. a group with extreme or dangerous philosophical or political ideas.

[名]

1. 派別。