SUBSECT

Meaning of SUBSECT in English

n. group within or taken from a larger sect who has specific and special beliefs of its own

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SUBSECT — ˈsəb+ˌ- noun Etymology: sub- + sect 1. : a sect directly derived from another 2. : a minor sect
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUBSECT — n.
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KHĀRIJITE — Member of the earliest Islamic sect, which emerged in the mid-7th century during conflicts over the succession of the caliphate …
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KHOJA — noun or kho·jah ˈkōjə ( -s ) Etymology: Turkish & Persian; Turkish hoca, from Persian khwāja 1. also ho·dja ˈhō- …
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KHOJA — /koh"jeuh/ , n. 1. a teacher in a Muslim school. 2. ( cap. ) a member of a subsect of …
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KHOJA — n. member of a Muslim subsect in India
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VEDANTADESIKA — also called Venkatanatha born 1268, Tuppule, near Kanchipuram, Vijayanagar, India died 1370, Srirangam leading theologian of the Visistadvaita (Qualified Nondualism) …
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STHANAKAVASI — (Sanskritmeetinghouse-dweller) a modern subsect of the Shvetambara (White-robed) sect of Jainism, a religion of India. The group is also sometimes …
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SEVENERS — in Islam, minority subsect within the Isma'ilite (q.v.) sect of Shi'ites.
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OMAN, JOHN WOOD — born July 23, 1860, Orkney, Scot. died May 17, 1939, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng. British Presbyterian theologian. After graduating from Edinburgh …
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M'ZABITE — also spelled Mozabite, also called M'zab, or Beni M'zab, member of a Berber people who inhabit the M'zab oases of …
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KHARIJITE — Arabic Khawarij, the earliest Islamic sect, which traces its beginning to a religio-political controversy over the Caliphate. After the murder …
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JOJITSU — Chinese Ch'eng-shih, minor school of Buddhist philosophy introduced into Japan from China during the Nara period (710784). The school holds …
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BKA'-BRGYUD-PA — also spelled Kagyupa (Tibetan: Transmitted Word), third largest Buddhist sect in Tibet. Its members are followers of the 11th-century teacher …
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KHARIJITE — Member of the earliest Islamic sect, which emerged in the mid-7th century during conflicts over the succession of the caliphate …
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ISMAILI — n. Member of a sect of the Sh 012B; ite branch of Islam. It came into existence after the death …
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