In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SECT
sect, religious sect, religious order
(noun) a subdivision of a larger religious group
faction, sect
(noun) a dissenting clique
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sect (plural sects)
An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.
A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
(obsolete) A cutting; a scion.
Hypernyms
• religion
Hyponyms
• denomination
Anagrams
• 'tecs, CEST, CTEs, ECTS, ETCS, Stec, TCEs, TECs, cest
Source: Wiktionary
Sect, n. Etym: [L. secare, sectum, to cut.]
Definition: A cutting; a scion. [Obs.] Shak.
Sect, n. Etym: [F. secte, L. sects, fr. sequi to follew; often confused with L. secare, sectum, to cut. See Sue to follow, and cf. Sept, Suit, n.]
Definition: Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party. He beareth the sign of poverty, And in that sect our Savior saved all mankind. Piers Plowman. As of the sect of which that he was born, He kept his lay, to which that he was sworn. Chaucer. The cursed sect of that detestable and false prophet Mohammed. Fabyan. As concerning this sect [Christians], we know that everywhere it is spoken against. Acts xxviii. 22.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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