AMISH SECT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century; settled chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Amish sect" is a kind of...):

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Meronyms (members of "Amish sect"):

Amish (an American follower of the Mennonite religion)

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