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.

General name for one of the three primary groups among the Kindred- the camarilla, Sabbat or Inconnu.

A general designation for a definable sub-group, often with negative overtones. See also cult, denomination.

A religious body, especially one that has separated from a larger denomination.

A cutting; a scion.

cut ("pinnatisect" = "pinnatelycut")

a portion "cut off