Sect (noun)

1. A group of people with a particular religious, political, or philosophical belief.
2. A group that has broken away from a larger religious group.

Origin:

From latin secta "faction, school of thought".

Examples:

1. The sect believed in a strict adherence to the teachings of the prophet.
2. The small sect of followers broke away from the mainstream church.
3. The sect of the Zoroastrian religion.
4. The sect of the Buddhism.
5. The sect of the Hinduism.