Se*cre`to-mo"to*ry (?), a. (Physiol.) Causing secretion; -- said of
nerves which go to glands and influence secretion.
Se*cre"to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. sécrétoire. See Secrete.] (Physiol.)
Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office of secretion;
secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. -- n. A secretory vessel; a
secernent.
Sect (skt), n. [L. secare, sectum, to cut.] A cutting; a scion. [Obs.]
Shak.
Sect (skt), n. [F. secte, L. secta, fr. sequi to follow; often confused
with L. secare, sectum, to cut. See Sue to follow, and cf. Sept, Suit,
n.] Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a
certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance
distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed,
or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a
party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in
philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society
and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.
He beareth the sign of poverty, And in that sect our Savior saved
all mankind.
Piers Plowman.
As of the sect of which that he was born, He kept his lay, to which
that he was sworn.
Chaucer.
The cursed sect of that detestable and false prophet Mohammed.
Fabyan.
As concerning this sect [Christians], we know that everywhere it is
spoken against.
Acts xxviii. 22.
Sec"tant (?), n. [L. secare, sectum, to cut.] One of the portions of
space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.),
one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial
planes.
Sec*ta"ri*an (?), a. Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a
sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination;
as, sectarian principles or prejudices.
Sec*ta"ri*an, n. One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special
school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a
party in religion which has separated itself from established church,
or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing
denomination in a state.
Syn. -- See Heretic.
Sec*ta"ri*an*ism (?), n. The quality or character of a sectarian;
devotion to the interests of a party; excess of partisan or
denominational zeal; adherence to a separate church organization.
Sec*ta"ri*an*ize (?), v. t. To imbue with sectarian feelings; to
subject to the control of a sect.