宗[zōng] 基本解释：
新英汉大词典：
- 宗[zōng]
- 名词- （祖宗） ancestor; forbears; forefathers:
successive generations of ancestors列祖列宗
- （家族） clan:a person of the same surname but belonging to a different clan同姓不同宗
- （宗派; 派别） sect; school; faction:the Chan sect of Buddhism; Zen;禅宗
orthodox school正宗
- （宗旨） principal aim; purpose:make clear the purpose and main theme from the very beginning;开宗明义
change ten thousand times without departing from the original aim万变不离其宗
- （为众人所师法的人物） model; great master:an eminent writer among the man of letters of the time;文宗
an outstanding figure among the poets of the time一代诗宗
- （西藏地区旧行政区划单位，相当于县） an administrative unit in Xizang, roughly corresponding to the county- （祖庙） ancestral temple- （姓氏） a surname:Zong Ze宗泽
- 动词- （在学术或文艺上效法） take as one's model in academic or artistic work:
hold in esteem; venerate; revere宗仰
- 形容词- （同一家族的） of the same clan:
a younger brother of the same clan宗弟
- 量词- （桩; 批）:
a batch of mail;大宗邮件
a large sum of money;大宗款项
以上内容来源于：《新汉英大辞典》
例句与用法：
One solution to the problem of religious instruction that many public schools have adopted is a system of released time for religious instruction.
Each religious sect in the town have its own church.
A group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative, religious, educational, or social purpose.
The break-away sect was contemned by other religious groups.
宗的其他解释: