faction （‘party’ is the most freq. sense)
1.
class, set (of persons) Gent. IV. i. 37,
Troil. II. i. 130
“the faction of
fools.”
2.
self-interested or
turbulent party strife, factious spirit, dissension
AYL. V. i. 62, 1H4 IV. i. 67, 1H6 II. iv. 125, Troil. III. iii. 190,
Ant. I. iii. 48;
factious quarrel or intrigue Tim. III. v. 74.
