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belief
English
Etymology
From Middle English bileve, from Old English l?afa, from Proto-Germanic *laubô. Compare German Glaube (“faith, belief”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??li?f/, /b??li?f/
- Rhymes: -i?f
- Hyphenation: be?lief
Noun
belief (countable and uncountable, plural beliefs)
- Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
- Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
- (countable) Something believed.
- (uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
- (uncountable) Religious faith.
- (in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
Derived terms
- beliefful
- beyond belief
- disbelief
- forebelief
- self-belief
- unbelief
- wanbelief
Related terms
- believe
Translations
Anagrams
- befile, belfie
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
belief
- imperative of believen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b??li?f]
- Hyphenation: be?lief
Verb
belief
- first-person singular preterite of belaufen
- third-person singular preterite of belaufen
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sect
Wikiquote
English
Etymology
From Middle English secte, 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”). Alternatively linked to sectus (“cut off, divided”), past participle of sec?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
sect (plural sects)
- An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.
- A religious sect.
- A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
- (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.
Hypernyms
- religion
Hyponyms
- denomination
Related terms
- sectarian
- sectish
Translations
See also
- cult
Further reading
- sect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sect at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- 'tecs, CEST, CTEs, ECTS, ETCS, Stec, TCEs, TECs, cest
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [s?t?st]
Verb
sect
- supine of sec
Middle English
Noun
sect
- Alternative form of secte
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