undenominational

(ˌʌndɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃənəl)

adj

(Theology) theol not belonging to or concerned with a particular denomination

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Adj.

undenominational - not bound or devoted to the promotion of a particular denomination; "undenominational religious instruction"

nonsectarian, unsectarian - not restricted to one sect or school or party; "religious training in a nonsectarian atmosphere"; "nonsectarian colleges"; "a wide and unsectarian interest in religion"- Bertrand Russell

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undenominational

[ˈʌndɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃənl] ADJ → no sectario

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undenominational

adj → interkonfessionell; undenominational school → Gemeinschaftsschule f

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References in classic literature

The school is strictly undenominational, but it is thoroughly Christian, and the spiritual training or the students is not neglected.

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The set also includes one of the sturdiest of Dring's songs, "Undenominational," served up with a heaping helping of faux religious earnestness.

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The heading on the official letterhead read, "An undenominational and thoroughly Evangelical Mission, formed with the express desire of preaching the Gospel among the Thado-Kookies in the State of Manipur, India." (12)

Implications of having an independent missionary: a review of the 1910 Kuki Mission

He saw there "the idea of a new type of Christian organization, a new conception of the basis on which Christians belonging to different Churches might unite to win the world for Christ--on an 'interdenominational' rather than 'undenominational' basis." (26) The 1910 World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh spawned the International Missionary Council, the World Conference on Life and Work, and the World Conference on Faith and Order.

The emerging face of being one: ecumenical windows for evangelicals

Selection of respondents is undenominational. To obtain presentable results with 99% probability and 10% bias, 171 respondents were interviewed, namely, 148 women and 23 men.

Behavioural finance: theory and survey./ Finansine elgsena: teorija ir tyrimas

"If we cannot have undenominational schools." Coaker believed that at least the Protestants should combine their educational grants from the government to provide the best schooling system in each community.

William Ford Coaker, the formative years, 1871-1908

We stand unreservedly for the principle of inter-denominational co-operation as distinct from undenominational or extra-denominational action." (1)

Tradition as impulse for renewal and witness: introducing orthodox missiology in the IRM

At the same time, he helped launch a new "undenominational" journal for Sunday school teachers in the Midwest.

The second great awakening and American educational reform: insights from the biography of John Milton Gregory

By analyzing a tightly woven trio of controversies triggered by voyages of Moravians across the Mediterranean, the Baltic, the North Sea and the Atlantic--over episcopacy and sacraments; sanctification and mysticism; and undenominational allures versus confessional loyalties--we can glimpse the transoceanic delivery rooms.

The waters of rebirth: the eighteenth century and transoceanic Protestant Christianity