{"query": "Easton: Sect", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_bc2b9a3178f7", "title": "Easton: Sect", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gr. hairesis, usually rendered “heresy”, Acts 24:14; 1 Chr. 11:19; Gal. 5:20, etc.), meaning properly “a choice,” then “a chosen manner of life,” and then “a religious party,” as the “sect” of the Sa"}, {"id": "card_c_m_33f011ae6d03", "title": "Easton: Sect shares a section with Easton: Testament", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Sect shares a section with Easton: Testament."}, {"id": "card_c_m_ae1b62c42f44", "title": "Easton: Sect shares a section with Easton: Sacrifice", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Sect shares a section with Easton: Sacrifice."}, {"id": "card_src_word_religious_sect", "title": "religious sect", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "religious sect: (noun) a subdivision of a larger religious group — syn: sect, religious order"}, {"id": "card_n_b432c63fb06e", "title": "Easton: Canaanite", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A name given to the apostle Simon (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). The word here does not, however, mean a descendant of Canaan, but is a translation, or rather almost a transliteration, of the Syriac word Ka"}, {"id": "card_src_word_sect", "title": "sect", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "sect: (noun) a subdivision of a larger religious group — syn: religious sect, religious order · (noun) a dissenting clique — syn: faction"}, {"id": "card_src_word_amish_sect", "title": "amish sect", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "amish sect: (noun) an orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century; settled chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania"}, {"id": "card_n_62c6bac80fb1", "title": "Easton: Heresy", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From a Greek word signifying (1) a choice, (2) the opinion chosen, and (3) the sect holding the opinion. In the Acts of the Apostles (5:17; 15:5; 24:5, 14; 26:5) it denotes a sect, without reference t"}, {"id": "card_n_9204e18a473a", "title": "Easton: Simon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The abbreviated form of Simeon. (1.) One of the twelve apostles, called the Canaanite (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). This word “Canaanite” does not mean a native of Canaan, but is derived from the Syriac wo"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g139", "title": "G139 — αἵρεσις (ahiresis): sect", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "αἵρεσις (ahiresis), Strong's G139: sect. αἵρεσις , -εως, ἡ (αἱρέω, -ομαι), [in LXX for נְדָבָה,] __1. capture . __2. choosing, choice (see MM, VGT , see word). __3. that which is chosen , hence, opini"}, {"id": "card_c_f9dff73f34e2", "title": "Easton: Testament ↔ Easton: Sect", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_q_t — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"id": "card_c_5e53fdaadc56", "title": "Easton: Sect ↔ Easton: Sacrifice", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_q_t — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"id": "card_n_846f4a2a582a", "title": "Easton: Essenes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A Jewish mystical sect somewhat resembling the Pharisees. They affected great purity. They originated about B.C. 100, and disappeared from history after the destruction of Jerusalem. They are not dire"}, {"id": "card_src_word_sectarian", "title": "sectarian", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "sectarian: (noun) a member of a sect — syn: sectary, sectarist · (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects · (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of a sect"}, {"id": "card_n_be131249a21b", "title": "Easton: Zealots", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A sect of Jews which originated with Judas the Gaulonite (Acts 5:37). They refused to pay tribute to the Romans, on the ground that this was a violation of the principle that God was the only king of "}, {"id": "card_c_dcfe904b37ef", "title": "Easton: Sect ↔ Easton: Caiaphas", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both cite act 5:17 — a shared-scripture cross-reference computed in 1.0 and re-verified live in both cards."}, {"id": "card_src_book_11897", "title": "On the Indian Sect of the Jainas — Georg Bühler", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On the Indian Sect of the Jainas, by Georg Bühler. Subjects: Jaina sects; Jainism. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11897"}, {"id": "card_src_book_26796", "title": "No Sect in Heaven — Elizabeth H. Jocelyn (Elizabeth Hannah Jocelyn) Cleaveland", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "No Sect in Heaven, by Elizabeth H. Jocelyn (Elizabeth Hannah Jocelyn) Cleaveland. Subjects: Society of Friends -- Poetry. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26796"}, {"id": "card_n_3cfe5051d3f2", "title": "Easton: Stoics", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A sect of Greek philosophers at Athens, so called from the Greek word stoa i.e., a “porch” or “portico,” where they have been called “the Pharisees of Greek paganism.” The founder of the Stoics was Ze"}, {"id": "card_src_book_7261", "title": "The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect — Monier, Sir, 1819-1899 [Translator] Monier-Williams", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect, by Monier, Sir, 1819-1899 [Translator] Monier-Williams. Subjects: Swami-Narayanis. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/726"}]}