Definition of "sects" []

• Plural form of sect. (noun)

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• "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"."