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1. quasi-religious
adjective. resembling something that is religious.
Antonyms
- impious
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Rhymes with Religious Sect
- teleconnect
- overprotect
- interconnect
- disrespect
- reinspect
- misdirect
- disinfect
- disconnect
- reconnect
- recollect
- nondirect
- interject
- disaffect
- suspect
- subject
- resurrect
- respect
- reflect
- reelect
- redirect
- project
- neglect
- intersect
- inspect
- indirect
- incorrect
- expect
- deflect
- confect
- unchecked
2. religious
adjective. ['rɪˈlɪdʒəs, riːˈlɪdʒəs'] concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church.
Synonyms
- sacred
Antonyms
- low
- subordinate
Etymology
- relegius (Anglo-Norman)
3. religious
adjective. ['rɪˈlɪdʒəs, riːˈlɪdʒəs'] having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity.
Synonyms
- devout
- pious
- churchly
- interfaith
- churchgoing
Antonyms
- irreligious
- worldly
- worst
- inferior
Etymology
- relegius (Anglo-Norman)
4. religious
noun. ['rɪˈlɪdʒəs, riːˈlɪdʒəs'] a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience.
Synonyms
- monastic
- nun
- friar
- Benedictine
- monk
- cenobite
- superior
- Jesuit
- votary
- eremite
- coenobite
- mendicant
Antonyms
- eremite
- cenobite
- subscript
- junior
Etymology
- relegius (Anglo-Norman)
5. religious
adjective. ['rɪˈlɪdʒəs, riːˈlɪdʒəs'] extremely scrupulous and conscientious.
Antonyms
- follower
Etymology
- relegius (Anglo-Norman)
6. sect
noun. ['ˈsɛkt'] a subdivision of a larger religious group.
Synonyms
- Shiah
- Quakers
- Kokka Shinto
- Vaishnavism
- religious order
- High Church
- High Anglican Church
- Saktism
- Zurvanism
- religion
- Abecedarian
- Waldenses
- Karaites
- religious sect
- Haredi
- Cathars
- Shua
- Jainism
- ISKCON
- Religious Society of Friends
- Shakers
- Shiah Islam
- Sunni
- Taoism
- brethren
- Vaudois
- Shivaism
- Society of Friends
- order
- convent
- monastic order
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Amish sect
- organized religion
- Kokka
- Hare Krishna
- faith
- Shia
- Sunni Islam
- Shaktism
- Cathari
- Albigenses
- Vaisnavism
- Sivaism
- Shuha Shinto
- United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing
Antonyms
- unbelief
- apophatism
- doctrine of analogy
- cataphatism
Etymology
- secte (Middle English (1100-1500))
- secte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
7. sect
noun. ['ˈsɛkt'] a dissenting clique.
Synonyms
- coterie
- camp
- old guard
- pro-choice faction
- left
- right
- right wing
- splinter group
- left wing
- clique
- inner circle
- ingroup
- faction
- pack
Antonyms
- downgrade
- snarl
- entangle
- disarrange
Etymology
- secte (Middle English (1100-1500))
- secte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Sentences with religious-sect
1. Noun Phrase
Attendance at church service was mandatory, meaning Puritanism was forced upon people; no other religious sect or means of worship was tolerated.
2. Noun Phrase
The earliest form of Christianity was considered a Jewish religious sect, and Jesus and his disciples were all Jewish.