1. (noun) a subdivision of a larger religious group

• religious order
• religious sect

2. (noun) a dissenting clique

• faction

1. (noun) a subdivision of a larger religious group

• abecedarian
• albigenses
• cathari
• cathars
• amish sect
• brethren
• hare krishna
• international society for krishna consciousness
• iskcon
• haredi
• high anglican church
• high church
• jainism
• karaites
• kokka
• kokka shinto
• monastic order
• order
• quakers
• religious society of friends
• society of friends
• saktism
• shaktism
• shakers
• united society of believers in christ's second appearing
• shia
• shiah
• shiah islam
• shivaism
• sivaism
• shua
• shuha shinto
• sisterhood
• sunni
• sunni islam
• taoism
• vaishnavism
• vaisnavism
• vaudois
• waldenses
• zurvanism

2. (noun) a dissenting clique

• left
• left wing
• old guard
• pro-choice faction
• pro-life faction
• right
• right wing
• splinter group

1. (noun) a subdivision of a larger religious group

• faith
• organized religion
• religion

2. (noun) a dissenting clique

• camp
• clique
• coterie
• ingroup
• inner circle
• pack

1. (noun) a subdivision of a larger religious group

• sectarian
• sectarian

2. (noun) a dissenting clique

• dissentious
• divisive
• factious