sekte

From Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrince or sect, etc.”), possibly, from Latin sequi (“to follow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.tə/

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• Hyphenation: sek‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛktə

sekte f (plural sekten or sektes, diminutive sektetje n)

1. (religion) cult (socially proscribed and often novel religious group)
2. (archaic, religion) sect (split-off religious or philosophical group)

• sektarisch

• steek, steke

sekte

1. Alternative form of secte