HyperDic: amish_sect

English > 1 sense of the expression *Amish sect*:
NOUN	group	Amish sect	an orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century

English > *Amish sect*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	An orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century; settled chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Members	Amish	An American follower of the Mennonite religion
Broader	sect, religious sect, religious order	A subdivision of a larger / larger / larger / larger religious group