noun (n)

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

  Synonym:
  religious order, religious sect
  

  source: wordnet30
• a dissenting clique(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  faction
  

  source: wordnet30
• A cutting; a scion.(noun)

  source: webster1913
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913