Waldenses vs religious sect

Waldenses and religious sect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Waldenses	Yes	No	No	No
religious sect	Yes	No	No	No

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

Waldenses: a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century
religious sect: a subdivision of a larger religious group

Other hypernyms of Waldenses include religious order, sect.

Waldenses (noun)	religious sect (noun)
a Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century	a subdivision of a larger religious group