secta

secta ae, f

SEC-, a beaten way, pathway, mode, manner, method, principle : omnis natura habet sectam quam sequatur: eidem incumbere sectae, Iu.: hanc sectam rationemque vitae sequi, mode of life.—A body of political principles, party, side : cuius sectam atque imperium secutus es: pro Vitruvio sectamque eius secutis precari, his party , L.—In philosophy, a doctrine, school, sect : eorum philosophorum sectam sequi.