- n. Plural form of sect. “I, for my part, after a pretty long
experience now, have seen so little of that said bitter rivalry
between the Nonconformist sects, _as sects_, that to me it is
all but non-existent.” “Anyway, only certain sects of Buddhism
have many gods.” “It is impermissible and arbitrary for the
government to confer benefits on groups it classifies as
"religions" while denying benefits and enacting oppressive
measures against groups it classifies as "sects".” “Personally I
dont believe in sects and I fully agree that this shia sunni tag
has cost us a lot.” “If this is who he looks up to spiritually
it is obvious religion and relationships with certain sects of
religion can make you do very questionable things (ahhem mr
bush).” “There are just certain sects he is not reaching that
she can bring into the voting booth … ….” “The lack of class
analysis, and the easy substitution of a story about feuding
sects, is part of the newly formed conventional wisdom.” “False
Christendom, divided into very m