sekte

See also: Sekte and sektę

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc.”), possibly, from Latin sequi (“to follow”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.tə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sek‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛktə

Noun

sekte f (plural sekten or sektes, diminutive sektetje n)

1. (religion) cult (socially proscribed and often novel religious group)
2. (archaic, religion) sect (split-off religious or philosophical group)

Related terms

• sektarisch

Descendants

• → Indonesian: sekte

Anagrams

• steek, steke

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• sekta (Standard Malay)

Etymology

From Dutch sekte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc.”), possibly, from Latin sequi (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛktə/ [ˈsɛk̚.t̪ə]
• Rhymes: -ɛktə
• Syllabification: sek‧te

Noun

sèktê (plural sekte-sekte, first-person possessive sekteku, second-person possessive sektemu, third-person possessive sektenya)

1. (religion) sect (split-off religious or philosophical group).

   Synonym: mazhab

Related terms

• seksi
• sektarian
• sektor

 

Further reading

• “sekte” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

sekte

1. Alternative form of secte