Sentences with word «sectaries»

Whether the pious sectaries contemplated turning fantasy into reality by joining in a military rising is uncertain.

Diane Ravitch, former assistant sectary of education, said the new set of education standards are socially irresponsible and likely against the law.

Russell Hobby, general sectary of the National Association of Head Teachers, has said that the Autumns Statement «does nothing for schools» and expressed his disappointment that the government has not used the opportunity to invest more in education.

It may well be that before his conversion his attention had been arrested by the free, joyful, and enthusiastic fellowship of these sectaries.

The sectaries of Qumran had made them into an elaborate system.

29 In the time of Jesus the sectaries of Qumran regarded themselves as the people of the new covenant.

One of their documents contains elaborate directions for the organization of an army to fight against the «Sons of Darkness,» It moves largely in the realms of fantasy, but there is no reason to doubt that these sectaries did look forward to a final war of liberation ending with the triumph of the Jewish people over all their enemies.

addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, bootlicker, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, freak *, habitué, hanger - on, helper, imitator, lackey, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, sectary, servant, sidekick, stooge, supporter, sycophant, toady, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot... sheep, lemmings

The expectation plays a real part m the life of the Qumran sectaries, since they have a sacred meal -LRB-?