Question

A sect is a type of religious organization that

Answer 1

A sect is a subgroup of areligious, political, or philosophical belief system, usually an offshoot of a larger group.

Answer 2

A sect is a type of religious organization that can be the subgroup of any political, religious or philosophical belief group or system.

It can be the offshoot of any larger group.

Though the term sect originally was used to classify various groups which are created on the basis of religious belief, it can refer to an organisation which is created from a large group to follow different sets of principles and rules