sect

Other forms of sect

plural

sects·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sect

What does sect mean?

sect means "a subdivision of a larger religious group". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sect?

sect has 1 syllable: sect. In IPA it is /ˈsɛkt/.

What is another word for sect?

Close synonyms include religious sect, religious order, faction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sect a common word?

sect is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sect?

4 words rhyme with sect. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.