subsect
- a word derived from sect.
Example Sentences
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If someone like me is going through that, I just can't imagine what a big subsect of American society is experiencing, and has no idea, and is not talking about it.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2023
The regime is Alawite, a Shi'ite subsect that makes up 12% of the population, but it also draws some support from other minorities--Druze, Armenians and others--who worry about their fate in a majoritarian Syria.
From Time ● May 2, 2013
However, there’s a subsect of foodies that has emerged that both defies conventional wisdom, and could help further debunk the idea that eating well is equivalent to being wealthy.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2012
Clad in a kind of technicolour dreamcoat approved by the Sufist subsect to which Lô adheres, he takes control of a pair of timbales, and the microphone, grinning.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2011
Ken-cho-ji, the head temple of a subsect of the Rin Zai under the same name, was built in 1253.
From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Nukariya, Kaiten
