(n.) Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.
Example Sentences:
(1) Difficult to see how he could become Iraqi PM for a third term with rival sects and blocs strongly against him.
(2) Waco, Texas, will forever be known for the siege that began in February 1993 when agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided a compound owned by the Branch Davidian religious sect to investigate allegations of weapons hoarding.
(3) Iraq's beleaguered prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, no longer has the authority to unite the country's disparate sects.
(4) The retreat of government forces had left tens of thousands exposed to the savagery of Isis, especially those from the country's minorities, including Christians and members of the Yazidi sect.
(5) Members of the Ahmadiyya community, an Islamic sect, have faced persecution in other areas of Britain from some other Muslims who do not recognise them as fellow Muslims but Ahmedi said they had not had the same experience in Crawley – proof that it was a tolerant community.
(6) What always struck me even then as slightly odd was that, regardless of the political complexion of a sect, the behavioural patterns of its leaders were not so different.
(7) At least 100 Boko Haram militants killed by Cameroon army Read more Ibrahim Musa, a spokesman for the Shia Islamic Movement in Nigeria, said soldiers on Monday carried away about 200 bodies from around the home of the sect’s leader Ibraheem Zakzaky, who was himself badly wounded and whose whereabouts have not been disclosed by the authorities.
(8) In 1993, at the Branch Davidian religious compound outside Waco, Texas, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms didn’t wait for the sect leader, David Koresh, to leave before attempting to arrest him and got into a gun battle that claimed 10 victims and led to a disastrous 51-day siege culminating in dozens more deaths.
(9) In conclusion it is suggested that medicalization may be conductive to sect development, and that secularization and medicalization are compatible models of social change.
(10) Saudis and their Sunni Arab allies view Houthi fighters – who belong to the Zaydi sect of Shia Islam – as Iranian proxies and have accused Tehran of militarily backing them, a charge Iran vehemently denies.
(11) Coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia have been conducting a bombing campaign to try to force out rebels from the Houthi sect, who overran the country in March, and restore the previous government.
(12) Ms Williams's name will already be familiar to many gay rights campaigners courtesy of a memorable speech on same-sex relationships, in which she applauded Jamaica's criminalisation of what her sect considers a curable aberration, a diagnosis she did not hesitate to apply to Tom Daly.
(13) "In the Shia sect, for instance, the age of custody for boys is two; for girls it is seven," Jabbour says.
(14) In any period, however, there seem to have been marked individual and cultural differences in outlook; some of these differences are still evident today in the survival of belief in demonic possession in pentecostal sects.
(15) This is a party on its way to becoming a multinational libertarian sect, whose preoccupations are no longer those either of much of its electorate or of the business community – wrestling with how genuinely to innovate, invest and motivate workforces in a world of increasingly amoral, ownerless companies so beloved and promoted by the sect.
(16) Personally, I would rather live under a family than a sect."
(17) It was discovered in Hutterites, a reproductively isolated religious sect, and is also present in Australian aborigines and a sample of Chicago residents.
(18) Syria's uprising began with largely peaceful protests and has evolved into a civil war with sectarian overtones, pitting largely Sunni Muslim rebels against Assad's government, which is dominated by Alawites, a sect of Shia Islam.
(19) This is illustrated by the Schneerson family dynasty, which has led the Lubavich sect of ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jews since its inception in the 18th century.
(20) While the beheading of hostages from the US, Britain and Japan drew condemnation from most religious sects within Islam , the gruesome images of the airman’s murder served as a unifying battlecry for Muslims across the world.
Sext
Definition:
(n.) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.
(n.) The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.
Example Sentences:
(1) As Anthony Weiner found, sexting is best left to teenagers, who at least know what Snapchat is.
(2) But sexting – exchanging sexualised images – between those aged under 18 should not normally become the subject of a police investigation if it involves children of a similar age in a relationship, the Crown Prosecution Service has recommended.
(3) Host John Oliver made fun of Tony Abbott, Jaymes Diaz and Stephanie Banister, but my favourite bit was about Peter Dowling’s sexting scandal : You do not pair a penis with red wine.
(4) Weiner admitted he continued to send explicit photos of himself over the Internet to a young woman after resigning from Congress in disgrace for sexting in 2011.
(5) As FBI agents begin to pore over thousands of emails that were reportedly found on a laptop she apparently shared with her estranged husband, the sexting former congressman Anthony Weiner, her role has suddenly switched from that of Clinton’s loyal servant to number one threat to the Democratic nominee’s hopes of winning the presidency.
(6) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nevada’s women stand divided over Trump and Clinton on eve of election Instead of a conventional campaign, voters feel they have witnessed a Netflix political drama, an outlandish plot consisting of a Republican who is a former reality TV host, and unmasked as a sexual predator, and a Democrat who, courtesy of an aide’s husband’s sexting habit, cannot shake the shadow of an FBI investigation.
(7) We may be sexting, Tindering and OK Cupid-ing until our iPhones burn our palms, but when it comes to physical consummation, for many of us, sex has gone the same way as whist drives and tea dances.
(8) I cringed when I watched Abedin defend her husband Anthony Weiner in a press conference, as he asked New York City voters to support his campaign for mayor in spite of news reports of another sexting affair.
(9) What’s the funniest sext you’ve intercepted from a member of Plaid Cymru?
(10) Children of every background regard "sexting" in schools as normal", and too many see Jessica Ennis as a less important role model than Paris Hilton.
(11) Huma Abedin separates from Anthony Weiner after latest sexting scandal Read more But the second – Abedin’s emerging role as a central figure in the likely return of Hillary Clinton to the White House – may be only just beginning and remains of far greater public interest.
(12) The signs of sin may change – from bobbed hair and miniskirts to grinding against Robin Thicke and sexting – but the message remains the same.
(13) As for procreation, well, yes, two years of great sex, the baby, then someone sexts someone in the office.
(14) Protecting children from seeing legal adult pornography, online exploitation and sexting are different issues that are best addressed by parents following the excellent advice provided by Get Safe Online and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre , and teaching their children to do the same.
(15) FBI agents are racing through 650,000 emails reported to have been found on a laptop shared between Huma Abedin, vice-chair of Clinton’s campaign, and her estranged husband Anthony Weiner (he of the sexting scandals ).
(16) That’s where the “compusex”, the sexting of its time, happened.
(17) Sexting : sending sexually explicit messages, usually from one phone user to another.
(18) Children are being exploited and groomed, cybersex and sexting are on the rise, children’s mental health is suffering and our teen pregnancies are the worst in Europe.
(19) Actually, sexting isn't Snapchat's appeal for teenagers This is a key point: some people are sexting using Snapchat, and some of those people are teenagers.
(20) Huma Abedin is standing in her kitchen, shortly after her husband Anthony Weiner’s candidacy for mayor of New York City has been rocked by new revelations in the sexting scandal that forced him to resign from Congress in 2011.