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sisterhood
a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
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Albigenses, Cathari, Cathars
a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
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High Anglican Church, High Church
a group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in sacraments and rituals and obedience to church authority)
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Abecedarian
a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
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Amish sect
an orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century; settled chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania
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Karaites
a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century
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Shia, Shiah, Shiah Islam
one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran
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Sunni, Sunni Islam
one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
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Shivaism, Sivaism
a Hindu sect worshiping Shiva
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Saktism, Shaktism
a Hindu sect worshiping Shakti
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Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism
Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu
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Haredi
any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel
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Hare Krishna, ISKCON, International Society for Krishna Consciousness
a religious sect founded in the United States in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures; groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna; devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy
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Jainism
sect founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism
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Taoism
a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism
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Kokka, Kokka Shinto
the branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan
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Shua, Shuha Shinto
any branch of Shinto other than Kokka
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brethren
(plural) the lay members of a male religious order
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monastic order, order
a group of person living under a religious rule
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Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends
a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
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Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing
a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States
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Vaudois, Waldenses
a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century
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Zurvanism
a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe
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Augustinian order
any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine
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Benedictine order, order of Saint Benedict
a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities
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Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century
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Carthusian order
an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084
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Dominican order
a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century
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Franciscan order
a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century
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Jesuit order, Society of Jesus
a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship