Clues for the word "SECT"
We've had 227 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 956 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on July 23, 2026.
Definition of sect
- n. - A cutting; a scion.
- n. - 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.
Referring Clues
- Split-off group
- Branch
- Religious splinter group
- Following
- Sunni, e.g.
- Faction
- Nazarenes, for one
- Splinter group
- Small denomination
- The Amish, e.g.
- Schismatic group
- Cainites, e.g.
- Spinoff group
- Religious offshoot
- Minority group
- Zealots, for one
- Small group of believers
- It's broken off
- Religious group
- Nazarenes, once
- Broken-off branch
- Divergent doctrine developer
- Faction within a faith
- Shakers, e.g.
- Shiites or Amish
- Shi'ites, e.g.
- Sunnis, e.g.
- Shia, e.g.
- Quakers or Shakers
- Part that's broken off
- It's splintered
- Result of a schism
- Group of prayers
- It's split
- Not a mainstream religion
- Shakers or Mennonites
- Religious faction
- Breakaway group
- Black Muslims, for one
- Schism
- Religious denomination
- Fringe group
- Religious subdivision
- Religious schism
- Chip off the old flock?
- Denomination
- Caste
- Branch of religion
- Sunni or Shiite, e.g.
- Sunnis or Shiites, e.g.
- Jehovah's Witnesses, e.g.
- Chip off the old flock
- Anabaptists, e.g.
- Zen Buddhism, e.g.
- Zealots' group, maybe
- Friends, for example
- Certain offshoot
- Branch Davidians, e.g.
- Prayer group?
- Faith group
- Spin-off group
- It's usually smaller than a denomination
- Shakers, for one
- Sunni or Shia
- Something split off
- Shia or Sunni
- A chip off the old flock?
- The Anabaptists, e.g.
- Hasidism, e.g.
- Offshoot group
- Faith-based faction
- Sunnism, e.g.
- Shakerism, e.g.
- Clan division
- Clan group
- Denominational offshoot
- The Amish, for example
- Party faction
- Friends, e.g.
- Church offshoot
- The Dunkers or Shakers, e.g.
- The Amish, for one
- Religious subgroup
- Zen Buddhists, e.g.
- Group within a group
- Shiites, e.g.
- Shiites or Sunnis
- One may be Protestant
- Small denomination?
- Sunni or Shi%60a
- Faith-based group
- Sunni or Shi`a
- Little faith?
- Pharisees, e.g.
- Church branch
- Dissenting clique
- Religious branch
- Breakaway bunch
- Group out of the mainstream
- The Nation of Islam, for one
- Small religious group
- 5-Across, e.g.
- Dissenting group
- Group on a religious retreat?
- Church group
- Small faction
- Church faction
- Faith faction
- Shakers, but not movers
- The Sunni, e.g.
- Sub division of religious group
- Splintered church group
- It's smaller than a denomination
- Religion spinoff
- Doctrinal group
- Schism group
- Group of denominational dissenters
- Faith splinter group
- Philosophical subgroup
- Topic in a world religions course
- Their ism causes schism
- Ending with inter-
- Ones breaking away
- Cult
- Hasidism or docetism, e.g.
- The Pharisees, e.g.
- Branch with followers
- Breakaway religious group
- Religious order
- Offshoot denomination
- Result of a split decision?
- Lutheranism in 1521, e.g.
- Abbr. on a stadium ticket
- Old Order Amish, for one
- Lubavitchers, e.g.
- Old Order Amish, e.g.
- Heretical group
- Religious spinoff
- A small group
- Yazidis, e.g.
- Mennonites, e.g.
- Religious offshoot group
- Doctrinal faction
- Namdhari, to Sikhism
- Faction of a faith
- Small party
- Religious split-off group
- Christian Science, e.g.
- Offshoot of a religion
- Little bit of the faith?
- Amish, e.g.
- Faction agreed to accommodate Charlie
- Little nonentity not in clique
- Religious group a church head set out to form
- Being religious, has little time for starting trouble
- Cult group
- One way to court a religious faction
- Offshoot
- Subdivision of a religion
- Result of a schism, often
- Faction is first-rate without the French
- Cryptic concerning Shed faction
- Subgroup
- Group of dissenters
- Pentecostalists, e.g.
- The Mennonites, e.g.
- School, faction
- Fringe religious group
- Dry time for religious group
- Religious division
- Ticket abbr.
- Branch group
- Shiites or Shakers, for example
- The Amish or Anabaptists, for example
- Party
- The Zealots, e.g.
- Shia subdivision, e.g.
- Minority branch of a religion
- Sunni, to Islam
- Result of a religious schism
- Dissenting religious group
- Subsidiary order
- Kind of splinter group
- The Shakers, e.g.
- Ecclesiastical spinoff
- Offshoot of a denomination
- Spinoff church group
- Shia, for example
- Breakaway branch
- Mennonite subgroup
- Denomination offshoot
- The Quakers or the Shakers
- Like-minded group
- Broken-away group
- Minority faction
- Faith-based breakaway
- Organizational offshoot
- Abbr. on an arena ticket
- *Cut up, in Bio 101
- The Quakers, for one
- A chip off the old flock?
- Close-knit group
- Group resulting from a religious schism
- Quakers, for one
- Ticket stub abbr.
- Sunni or Shia, in Islam
- Shakers or Quakers
- Order, of a sort
- Spinoff group from a church denomination
- Ones who've split
- Theravada or Mahayana vis-à-vis Buddhism
- Subdivision of a religious organization
- Smallish branch
- Result of a rift
- They seem to believe otherwise
- Chip off the old flock?
- Result of a split decision?
- Nonorthodox religious group
- Dissenting body
- Side splitting?
- Breakout group?
- Quakers, e.g.
- Sunni or Shia, e.g.
- "The Joy of ___" ("The Simpsons" episode about a cult)
- Branch of a sort
- Breakout group
- Product of a schism
Last Seen In
- LA Times - July 23, 2026
- LA Times - July 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 18, 2026
- New York Times - June 30, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 18, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 12, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 09, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 06, 2026
- LA Times - February 24, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 26, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 10, 2025
- Daily American - December 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 04, 2025
- LA Times - October 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 25, 2025
- LA Times - September 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 09, 2025
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