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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.
Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context
These denominational titles vary under some administrations; for instance, the order-clerks are sometimes called auditors, or again, book- keepers.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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