What Does “Sect” Mean in the Bible?
In the Bible, a group within the Jewish people, like the Pharisees.
Where it appears in the Bible
John 3:1; Acts 15:5
What the Bible says
John 3:1
And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
Acts 15:5
But there arose some of the sect of the Pharisees that believed, saying: They must be circumcised, and be commanded to observe the law of Moses.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “secta”