sects is a form of:

Sect



noun
1.
(group of people having the same principles, beliefs, or opinions followers of philosopher or religions. part, section, segment) និកាយ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.
1.
A cutting, a scion