4
tribe(noun, class, band, family, crew)
3
affiliation(noun, order, group, belief, society)
3
breakaway group
3
club(noun, place, position, group, party)
3
coalition(noun, organization, group, society, party)
3
confession(noun, religion, system, belief, principle)
3
crowd(noun, group, arrangement, party, band)
3
disciples(noun, set, group, commission, legation)
3
family(noun, company, place, set, kind)
3
genus(noun, set, kind, group, division)
3
ism(group, society, faith)
3
league(noun, organization, company, place, set)
3
organization(noun, movement, group, arrangement, society)
3
religious denomination(noun, expression, idiom, theology)
3
religious group(noun, expression, party)
3
religious sect(noun, expression, idiom)
3
ring(noun, organization, set, group, society)
3
variety(noun, set, kind, group, division)
2
aggregation(noun, side, crew, troop, staff)
2
assemblage(noun, group, arrangement, lot, band)
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