Sect
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This article is about religious groups. For other uses, see Sect (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with sex.
A sect is a subgroup of a religious, political, or philosophical belief system, usually an offshoot of a larger group. Although the term was originally a classification for religious separated groups, it can now refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and principles. Sects are usually created due to perception of heresy by the subgroup and/or the larger group.
In an Indian context, sect refers to an organized tradition.[1]