Use "sect" in a sentence

1. This sect, all male, keeps its beards and sideburns uniformly trimmed at a #2 setting on their electric razors

2. The path is open to all irrespective of the religion or sect to which he belongs

3. maintained close relationships with the sect, and - all in all

4. They have for some years past made a pretty considerable sect, distinguished in the French republic of letters by the name of the Economists

5. This sect, in their works, which are very numerous, and which treat not only of what is properly called Political Economy, or of the nature and causes or the wealth of nations, but of every other branch of the system of civil government, all follow implicitly, and without any sensible variation, the doctrine of Mr

6. The admiration of this whole sect for their master, who was himself a man of the greatest modesty and simplicity, is not inferior to that of any of the ancient

7. A research project commissioned by the Canadian government into the emerging religious sect, The Transcenders; studying their media-net output, the testimonies of those who had been rescued from their clutches

8. It was thus that the Roman catholic clergy called upon the civil magistrate to persecute the protestants, and the church of England to persecute the dissenters; and that in general every religious sect, when it has once enjoyed, for a century or two, the security of a legal establishment, has found itself incapable of making any vigorous defence against any new sect which chose to attack its doctrine or discipline

9. But this could be done only by adopting, or, at least, by favouring the tenets of that particular sect

10. The sect which had the good fortune to be leagued with the conquering party necessarily shared in the victory of its ally, by whose favour and protection it was soon enabled, in some degree, to silence and subdue all its

11. particular sect having thus become complete masters of the field, and their influence and authority with the great body of the people being in its highest vigour, they were powerful enough to overawe the chiefs and leaders of their own party, and to oblige the civil magistrate to respect their opinions and inclinations

12. But if politics had never called in the aid of religion, had the conquering party never adopted the tenets of one sect more than those of another, when it had gained the victory, it would probably have dealt equally and impartially with all the different sects, and have allowed every man to choose his own priest, and his own religion, as he thought proper

13. Almost every different congregation might probably have had a little sect by itself, or have entertained some peculiar tenets of its own

14. But as every other teacher would have felt himself under the same necessity, the success of no one teacher, or sect of teachers, could have been very great

15. The interested and active zeal of religious teachers can be dangerous and troublesome only where there is either but one sect tolerated in the society, or where the whole of a large society is divided into two or three great sects; the teachers of each acting by concert, and under a regular discipline and

16. The teachers of each sect, seeing themselves surrounded on all sides with more adversaries than friends, would be obliged to learn that candour and moderation which are so seldom to be found among the teachers of those great sects, whose tenets, being supported by the civil magistrate, are held in veneration by almost all the inhabitants of extensive kingdoms and empires, and who, therefore, see nothing round them but followers, disciples, and humble admirers

17. The teachers of each little sect, finding themselves almost alone, would be obliged to respect those of almost every other sect; and the concessions which they would mutually find in both convenient and agreeable to make one to another, might in time, probably reduce the doctrine of the greater part of them to that pure and rational religion, free from every mixture of absurdity, imposture, or fanaticism, such as wise men have, in all ages of the world, wished to see established ; but such as positive law has, perhaps, never yet established, and probably never will establish in any country ; because, with regard to religion, positive law always has been, and probably always will be, more or less influenced by popular superstition and enthusiasm

18. This plan of ecclesiastical government, or, more properly, of no ecclesiastical government, was what the sect called Independents (a sect, no doubt, of very wild enthusiasts), proposed to establish in England towards the end of the civil war

19. It has been established in Pennsylvania, where, though the quakers happen to be the most numerous, the law, in reality, favours no one sect more than another ; and it is there said to have been productive of this philosophical good temper and moderation,

20. He never emerges so effectually from this obscurity, his conduct never excites so much the attention of any respectable society, as by his becoming the member of a small religious sect

21. All his brother sectaries are, for the credit of the sect, interested to observe his conduct; and, if he gives occasion to any scandal, if he deviates very much from those austere morals which they almost always require of one another, to punish him by what is always a very severe punishment, even where no evil effects attend it, expulsion or excommunication from the sect

22. “He"s become a member of a religious sect, the Nazirites

23. “I think Joseph spoke of that sect once

24. A tax upon the rent of land, which varies with every variation of the rent, or which rises and falls according to the improvement or neglect of cultivation, is recommended by that sect of men of letters in France, who call themselves the economists, as the most equitable of all taxes

25. religious sect and they had orgies all the time

26. of some weird Asian sect

27. Newspaper conjured a demonic meaning into all of this, and the sect of

28. Sitting on what was left of the roof, I clutched a very shaken and very naked Miss Pinchard to my chest, conscious of the fact that we were being closely ogled by members of a religious sect, who from the looks on their faces obviously thought I was the devil incarnate

29. Joining a sect or a religion that is led by incompetent people without good Auras is very dangerous for your consciousness

30. Most sect, religion and political leaders have only two things in mind: money and power to control people

31. And you did not deny My faith…But I have a few things against you, because you have…put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols…you also have those who hold to the doctrine of the Nicolaitans [a sect given over to idolatrous practices and impurity of life], which I hate

32. The majority of the people he ruled were pagans, and while the Christians were a fast growing sect they were still a minority for the totality of his reign

33. Early in his adult life Mohammed was thought to have studied under a Christian monk and had contact with a Jewish sect (around Medina?)

34. As elaborated on in chapter 17, the struggle of the martyred saints (the Apostolic Church) from approximately AD 30 to Constantine’s sanctioning of the Christian sect in AD 325 brought the nearly three-hundred-year struggle to a victorious conclusion

35. His and his new partner’s first act in AD 313 was to grant the mightily struggling Christian sect legitimacy in all of the Roman territories and to return previously confiscated property to them

36. and the sect had gone underground

37. grandfather who had introduced them to the secret sect; he thought the training would give

38. also was a member of the secret sect

39. I screamed back that I had the right to belong to the sect

40. Various laws about the Nazarites, - the Nazerites were and are a sect or sub

41. What if such a law were to be contemplated today? Which sect, cult, or congregation would be chosen? How would everyone else react? To pose such questions is to reveal the absurdity of any fear of a traditional religion being established in this country

42. Some scholars are of the view that this sect originated with

43. traditional feature of the sect, its teaching emphasizes that the

44. sect chose nine of their early Gurus as exemplars of their creed

45. Nathlingamrita, claims that the path shown by the Nath sect is the

46. Writings of the Order and the Sect of the Illuminati

47. Evidently a religious sect she’d never heard of had

48. Bellack and his sect still needed to be stopped, but how? He had followed their trails through people’s thoughts and memories but was yet to even pinpoint the hidden location of their lair

49. However he would stand against them, after several attempts on his own life and being expelled from the Magicians’ sect hundreds of years ago as the prize for obtaining an insight into their ultimate goal, he had now decided to spend his every breath thwarting any conditions that would aid in the God Queen’s release

50. An uncontrollable urge of panic had suddenly overwhelmed him and he knew that this sect was no longer for him

51. The members of the ‘Brotherhood of Keth’ are her followers; they are bound to her will - with each one of her followers also becoming her lover on achieving rank in their sect

52. ‘In those days you only had to fart and a sect or cult would spring up

53. was followed by Marx’s sect of “socialism,” agreeing

54. And Lenin created the sect of “communism,”

55. But, ultimately, regardless of the sect that gains

56. The Sect of Saint Adam was the most devout

57. The Sect of Saint Karl arose not long after

58. The Sect of Saint Vladimir arose as a result of

59. The Sect of Saint Vladimir arose as a result

60. the profit and shared the rest with the small sect of society that supported his greedy cause

61. The sect of the Pharisee’s are well adapted for this

62. But he also knew he had to play his cool because if they found out that it was him behind that trigger, he would have the whole sect on his ass

63. Troy Riley, Raekwon and a couple of red cladded soldiers from the MNS sect watched from across the street as they saw a multitude of black and white squad cars roll up in front of Xavier's hideout spot all with guns out ready to fire

64. As far as I can gather his father gives support to Ian’s oddball religious sect, and Saint-Ian thinks the sun shines out of you know where

65. ‘Lance Osbairne’s father has given a home to a fundamentalist Christian sect, to which the headmaster belongs

66. robe of the Gelugpa sect or clan, which includes a hood somewhat of the

67. from a disciple of any religion, school or sect, that on hearing that in

68. They had vaguely heard of this Christian sect but were very interested in the pure fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible he discussed, that was their creed

69. saints; of its second in the Gnostic sect whose central idea was the necessity

70. And this group continued to baptize in John's name and eventually founded a sect of those who believed in John but refused to accept Jesus

71. 8 The Essenes were a true religious sect, originating during the Maccabean revolt, whose requirements were in some respects more exacting than those of the Pharisees

72. However, the history of suicide attacks goes back to the 11th century of Iran, when Hasan Sabah, a religious leader of the Ismaili Sect, established the Cult of Assassins

73. all of what professor told him Michael suggested “Maybe there is some sick sect, which formed

74. 4 Jesus appealed only to Moses in his encounter with the Sadducees because this religio-political sect acknowledged the validity of only the five so-called Books of Moses; they did not allow that the teachings of the prophets were admissible as a basis of doctrinal dogmas

75. This new crisis was met by the recognition that believers could not longer go on as a sect within the Jewish faith

76. sect that do exactly that abroad, rolling out of bed at

77. That this the sect was of the caitiff wretches

78. There were people from the religious sect negotiating the release of the bodies of their slain people to be given a proper burial

79. an ancient Hebrew/Jewish sect that shared a different belief of Judaism than was common to the majority of the people at the time; the Essenes

80. The Essenes were also zealots, who were a group or sect against the oppression of Rome in Israel

81. “Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect

82. 39 propensity to spend (Appendix, sect 8), while the 0-90% income people have a

83. That was a crazy sect of

84. Things like, who could come to Christ and His teachings, and what, if any restrictions were to be placed on those of other backgrounds, should or should not we baptize those of another sect, and does proof of His indwelling need to be shown before any are accepted? The issue of circumcision was brought up often, and the matters, at times, would become overwhelming, it would, at stretches, be more than this finite creature named Peter, could solve

85. And when this Plague hit, we continued in our faith, even after many had died, we continued in our faith; but when the religious leaders of the Jewish sect came by, it was quite a different story

86. “We are not to be pleasers of men, nor followers of the fables given to many from the sect of our forefathers that has placed a yoke upon as many as would follow their regulations

87. This took place less than two years back, and the temper of those of the Jewish sect, and those that wouldn’t believe, still carry their doings with pride, and would surely do it again

88. If not for the sake of believing they were right, but because of the nobility from those of the same sect gave them

89. The sect of religious leaders in this part of the world thought the same way those of Judea thought, but in this region they were more blatant in their attacks on the followers of Jesus

90. To become a leader in their sect meant that the outward appearance of godliness had to be kept up; when they fasted, it was flaunted in every street; when they prayed, it was done openly and long for all to see and hear; when they gave alms, it was to be seen, and of course; when it came to keeping the law, their own law, it was done with anything but righteousness, and with pure diligence

91. These months of travel has shown me that no one in any sect can bring about this change that is sorely needed, but I am convinced that this God of the Messiah can

92. “My mission, granted to me by Christ, being a Jew by birth, am sent into the gentiles to show them a better way thru life without the burdens of the law placed on them by the religious sect of their region

93. All were Jews, from the sect of Sadducees, and lived by the rigid standards of the law

94. Those of that sect didn’t follow the teachings of God, but only proclaimed their righteousness outwardly with their stern set of rules and regulations

95. He could now see that following this, or any religious sect, was not the street to be traveled, and had to, at some point, break away from the teaching of father and mother