cluster
cluster RELIGION AND BELIEF — A religious group. A cluster refers to any group of people who have sequestered themselves together for the sake of sacred service. Clusters often live in remote regions, wear clothing peculiar to their way of life, and in many cases refrain from or exaggerate typical → folken practices—i.e., abstinence from certain foods, alcohol or sex, or employing overindulgence of the same as part of the cluster’s religious instruction and/or practice.