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Part of Speech: noun
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2.
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.
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