sect: [14] Despite its similarity to section and sector, sect has nothing to do with ‘cutting’. It comes via Old French secte from Latin secta, which denoted literally a ‘following’, hence a ‘faction of supporters’ (it was a noun use of sectus, an archaic past participle of sequī ‘follow’, from which English gets sequence, sue, etc). Set ‘group’ is ultimately the same word as sect. => second, sequel, sequence, set, sue, suit
sect (n.)
mid-14c., "distinctive system of beliefs or observances; party or school within a religion," from Old French secte, sete "sect, religious community," or directly from Late Latin secta "religious group, sect in philosophy or religion," from Latin secta "manner, mode, following, school of thought," literally "a way, road, beaten path," from fem. of sectus, variant past participle of sequi "follow," from PIE *sekw- (1) "to follow" (see sequel). Confused in this sense with Latin secta, fem. past participle of secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Meaning "separately organized religious body" is recorded from 1570s.
例文
1. When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect .
彼は16歳の時に宗教教派に加入した.
2.Each religious sect in the town had its own church.
この町には宗教教派ごとに独自の教会がある。
3.He was rejoiced at so early an opportunity of distinguishing his faith in his new sect .
最近参加した教派の信仰を示す機会がすぐに訪れることを喜んでいる。
4.He is the 53 th leader of the Chengdu Qingcheng Mountain Wudang Sect .
彼は成都青城山武当派の五十三代目の家元である。
5.That strange new religious sect conducts its services in dog Latin.