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Denominational

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de·nom·i·na·tion  (d-nm-nshn)
n.
1. A large group of religious congregations united under a common faith and name and organized under a single administrative and legal hierarchy.
2. One of a series of kinds, values, or sizes, as in a system of currency or weights: Cash registers have compartments for bills of different denominations. The stamps come in 25¢ and 45¢ denominations.
3. A name or designation, especially for a class or group.

de·nomi·nation·al adj.
de·nomi·nation·al·ly adv.
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Adj.1.denominational - relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination; "denominational politics"
2.denominational - relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp
3.denominational - adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination; "denominational prejudice"
sectarian - belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind"; "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook; "sectarian squabbles in psychology"

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While the institution is in no sense denominational, we have a department known as the Phelps Hall Bible Training School, in which a number of students are prepared for the ministry and other forms of Christian work, especially work in the country districts.
These denominational titles vary under some administrations; for instance, the order-clerks are sometimes called auditors, or again, book- keepers.
 
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