Meanings of certain sect in English

But among a certain sect of geekdom, there's more at stake.

Notwithstanding her general tolerance on religious matters, she punishes with severity a certain sect that discourages propagation.

There is a certain sect of Christians so uptight I doubt even the hand of God could loosen them up.

Factual or not, the stories of the Magi hinted at some vast wealth of hidden knowledge, known only to a certain sect of magi.

When in an inadvertent moment I said that certain sects had believed in infant damnation-andexplained it-shesat very still indeed.

It is what certain sects call conversion in religion, a truth addressing itself with unwonted and invincible force to the individual soul.'

My child, note down that, amongst certain sects of Christians, it is considered praiseworthy to carry off courtesans and live upon columns.

Playing cards, indulging in sexual activity, and eating meat, egg, onion and garlic, the foods deemed impure by certain sects of Hinduism, are prohibited.

In many nations, certain sects of religions -from Judaism to Islam to Taoism -frown upon separating the bodies of the dead into parts.