secte
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin secta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
secte f (plural sectes)
- sect (offshoot of a larger religion or denomination, usually and especially one with unorthodox or extreme political and/or religious beliefs)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “secte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Participle edit
secte
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French secte, from Late Latin secta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
secte (plural sectes)
- A variety or sort; a category with a distinguishing feature.
- A religion or religious organisation (usually not referring to Christianity)
- A division within a religion (either doctrinal or administrative)
- A sect; a smaller offshoot of a religion with unorthodox belief.
- People who behave or think in a specified manner (either as a group or in general).
- A school of philosophical or medical thought.
- (rare) One's physical composition or existence.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “sect(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-28.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French secte, from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrince or sect, etc.”), possibly from Latin sequor, sequī (“follow”).
Noun edit
secte f (plural sectes)