A sect is defined as a subdivision of a larger religious group, so the answer is yes.
A religious group can be called a sect. A religious group can also be called a congregation when all attend the same church. A religious group might have more than one sect, or group of individuals, like the Amish.
A sect is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs.
A religious splinter group is a small sect of another group that splits off for usually doctrinal reasons. At one time most Christian denominations were splinter groups from other larger groups.
A small religious community is typically referred to as a cult or sect.
It could be a congregation, a sect or an assemblage.
religious group, belief, sect, persuasion, creed, school
There is an Islamic sect known as the Dervishes.
In polling, the largest single group is "no religious affiliation." Protestantism is the most practiced religious sect, followed by Catholicism. Sikhism is the largest non-Christian religious group.
Shakers are a nearly extinct religious sect.
Afghanistan is 99% Muslim with 80 to 85% following the Sunni sect.
A sect is a group within a larger religious or social group that holds specific beliefs or practices. Early Christianity is described as a sect of Judaism because it originated within the Jewish community and initially followed Jewish customs and beliefs, while also incorporating new teachings about Jesus as the Messiah.
The world "cult" comes from Latin "cultus" which meant an unofficial or homegrown religion. The word has a number of meanings in modern usage, the most common of which is "a religious group I don't like." In the sense of a small religious subgroup, sect is a similar word.