monastic order vs sect

monastic order and sect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
monastic order	Yes	No	No	No
sect	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of monastic order include religious order, religious sect.

monastic order (noun)	sect (noun)
a group of person living under a religious rule	a dissenting clique
	a subdivision of a larger religious group