An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs. / A group following a specific ideal or a leader. / (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.

(surgery) Synonym of cutting

plural of sect

Synonym of Plain Dutch

Synonym of Caesarean section

Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.

(US, medicine) Alternative spelling of Caesarean section

A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something. / A part, piece, subdivision of anything. / (music) A group of instruments in an orchestra. / A part of a document. / An act or instance of cutting.

To cut, divide or separate into pieces. / To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.

Of, relating to, or partial to a sect. / Dogmatic or partisan. / Parochial or narrow-minded. / Bigoted.