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Search phrase: sect

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HamletHam I.iii.26As he in his particular act and placeAs he in his peculiar Sect and force
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.37So is all her sect; an they be once in a calmSo is all her Sect: if they be once in a Calme,
Henry VIIIH8 V.iii.81.1Of this new sect? Ye are not sound.Of this new Sect? ye are not sound.
OthelloOth I.iii.328whereof I take this, that you call love, to be a sect orwhereof I take this, that you call Loue, to be a Sect, or
The Winter's TaleWT V.i.107Would she begin a sect, might quench the zealWould she begin a Sect, might quench the zeale

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Glossary

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Brownistfollower of Robert Browne, founder of a 16th-c religious sect advocating a new form of church government
sectfaction, cabal, party
sectcutting, offshoot, branch
sectclass, kind, sort
sectaryfollower of a heretical sect
Turlygod[unclear meaning] possibly an allusion to 'turlupin' for a person of no value, from the name of a medieval French heretical sect

Thesaurus

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follower of a heretical sectsectary
heretical sect, follower of asectary
religious sectBrownist
sect , religiousBrownist
sect, follower of a hereticalsectary

Themes and Topics

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Contemporary figures, factual and fictitious...rt browne founder of a 16th-c religious sect advocating a new form of church governme...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SECTBASICsect n, sectary n

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