- 1. n. A cutting; a scion. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. a subdivision of a larger religious group Source: wordnet
- 4. n. a dissenting clique Source: wordnet
- 5. n:100 n. a subdivision of a larger religious group Source: ecdict
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