Abecedarian vs sect

Abecedarian and sect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Abecedarian	Yes	No	No	No
sect	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sect is a hypernym of Abecedarian; that is, sect is a word with a broader meaning than Abecedarian:

Abecedarian: a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
sect: a subdivision of a larger religious group

Other hypernyms of Abecedarian include religious order, religious sect.

Abecedarian (noun)	sect (noun)
a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge	a dissenting clique
	a subdivision of a larger religious group