secte

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin secta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛkt/

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Noun

secte f (plural sectes)

1. sect (offshoot of a larger religion or denomination, usually and especially one with unorthodox or extreme political and/or religious beliefs)

Derived terms

• sectaire
  • sectarisme

See also

• culte

Further reading

• “secte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ceste

Latin

Participle

secte

1. vocative masculine singular of sectus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sect, sekt, sekte

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French secte, from Late Latin secta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛkt(ə)/

Noun

secte (plural sectes)

1. A variety or sort; a category with a distinguishing feature.
2. A religion or religious organisation (usually not referring to Christianity)
3. A division within a religion (either doctrinal or administrative)
4. A sect; a smaller offshoot of a religion with unorthodox belief.
5. People who behave or think in a specified manner (either as a group or in general).
6. A school of philosophical or medical thought.
7. (rare) One's physical composition or existence.

Descendants

• English: sect
• Scots: sect, seck

References

• “sect(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-28.

Norman

Etymology

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

secte f (plural sectes)

1. (Jersey) sect