sekte

See also: Sekte and sektę

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), 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 sequi (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.tə/

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• Hyphenation: sek‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛktə

Noun

sekte f (plural sekten or sektes, diminutive sektetje n)

1. (religion) cult (socially proscribed and often novel religious group)
2. (archaic, religion) sect (split-off religious or philosophical group)

Related terms

• sektarisch

Descendants

• → Indonesian: sekte

Anagrams

• steek, steke

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch sekte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), 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 sequi (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsektə]
• Hyphenation: sék‧tê

Noun

séktê (plural sekte-sekte, first-person possessive sekteku, second-person possessive sektemu, third-person possessive sektenya)

1. (religion) sect (split-off religious or philosophical group).

   Synonym: mazhab

   Synonym: sekta (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “sekte” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

sekte

1. Alternative form of secte