sect

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Noun

1. An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
   • a religious sect
2. A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
3. A cutting; a scion.

Noun

1. An ancient astrological concept, a form of polarity by which heavenly bodies were designated as either diurnal or nocturnal.

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