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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation section
- abbreviation sectional
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Examples
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Uganda's vice president, Gilbert Bukenya, said authorities were investigating the church, which he called a sect.
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Uganda's vice president, Gilbert Bukenya said authorities were investigating the church, which he called a sect.
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Prof. RASHID: You know, first of all, Neal, thank you for point out that no, I don't like the word sect.
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The others were, almost without exception, Episcopalians, and the two denominations affiliated more cordially than with Baptists, Methodists, and the sparse sprinkling of Campbellites, or "Christians," as they preferred to call their sect.
Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life, 1910
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True Christianity aims at no worldly benefit or advantage, and therefore must by no means be called a sect.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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It was the house of a local doctor, who was an active member of the "sect."
The Gadfly 1912
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