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denomination
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denomination as in:  the Baptist denomination

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Downtown synagogues, mosques and churches of various denominations joined to assist the homeless.
denominations = a group of religious congregations (such as churches, temples, masques...) sharing distinctive beliefs and belonging to the same organization
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    She transcended denomination and became a spokesperson for most American Christians.
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    We shared a nondenominational prayer before beginning.
    nondenominational = intended for all religious groups
    standard prefix: The prefix "non-" in nondenominational means not and reverses the meaning of denominational. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.

    In the case of nondenominational, the assumption of "Christian" denominations is typically inferred; though not inherent from the prefix.)
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    I had no idea what sort of denomination Orthodox Eclectic was, but I nodded like we had a big group of them back in Sylvan.  (source)
    denomination = group of associated churches
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    And as most teenagers do, I had so many questions about my faith—whether it was compatible with modern science, for instance, or whether this or that denomination was correct on particular doctrinal disputes.  (source)
    denomination = group of associated churches
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    Though there was a considerable age difference between Father Mulligan and Reverend Ipe, and though they belonged to different denominations of the Church (whose only common sentiment was their mutual disaffection), both men enjoyed each other's company, and more often than not, Father Mulligan would be invited to stay for lunch.  (source)
    denominations = groups of associated churches
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    The chaplain came around and asked if we wanted to come to nondenominational services.  (source)
    nondenominational = not favoring one religious group over another
    standard prefix: The prefix "non-" in nondenominational means not and reverses the meaning of denominational. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.

    In the case of nondenominational, the assumption of "Christian" denominations is typically inferred; though not inherent from the prefix.)
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    The truth, of course, is that the ailment crosses denominational lines.†  (source)
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    When I was growing up, it was far and away the most popular denomination around, and there were Baptist churches on practically every corner of town, though each considered itself superior to the others.  (source)
    denomination = group of associated churches
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    We had the religious denominations marked where there were any, for marches.†  (source)
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    This is the hospital's idea of nondenominational.†  (source)
    nondenominational = intended for an entire religion rather than for a selected group with distinct beliefs -- typically the Christian religion
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    Their voices were melodious and unsentimental, almost to the point where a somewhat more denominational man than myself might, without straining, have experienced levitation.†  (source)
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    The night the militants came they were looking for people of a particular sect, and demanded to see ID cards, to check what sort of names everyone had, but fortunately for Saeed's father and Saeed and Nadia their names were not associated with the denomination being hunted.  (source)
    denomination = group of associated masques
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    We allowed the unions to be abolished, the various religious denominations to be suppressed, there was no freedom of speech in the press or on the radio.†  (source)
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denomination as in:  bills of a large denomination

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    She had a thick wad of bills, but they were all small denominations.
    denominations = units of money value
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    Large-denomination bearer bonds drawn on the Vatican Bank.  (source)
    denomination = face value amount
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    We went over the denominations a few times—one cent, five cents, ten cents, twenty-five cents.  (source)
    denominations = units of money value
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    She had collated the certificates by denominations, the stacks and the franc notes on the desk.  (source)
    denominations = units of money value
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    The corporation will issue up to $5 billion in energy bonds, and I especially want them to be in small denominations so that average Americans can invest directly in America's energy security.  (source)
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    Carrie found her purse bursting with good green bills of comfortable denominations.  (source)
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    She made her points succinctly, altering the cashiers checks to bearer bonds, payable in dollars, in denominations ranging from a maximum of twenty thousand dollars to a minimum of five.  (source)
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    Bearer bonds of various denominations.  (source)
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    And such, unfortunately, take up more room than the larger denominations of currency.  (source)
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    Bills and cents come in nice, even denominations.  (source)
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