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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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