denomination

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The formal name of the denomination is the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

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  1. noun A large group of religious congregations united under a common faith and name and organized under a single administrative and legal hierarchy.
  2. noun 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. noun A name or designation, especially for a class or group.

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  • But for the change of Judson's sentiments upon the question of baptism, a denomination which is now contributing nearly two hundred thousand dollars annually for missionary purposes might have, stood aloof from the holy work for many years. —  Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission
  • This denomination was the first in America to ordain gays, women and blacks as ministers. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • While the denomination was able to get its numbers back up from a dip before, some in the denomination believe the latest reported loss is the start of a continual decline if Southern Baptists do not wake up and change. —  The Christian Post RSS Feed
  • H. E.Baber: you're right, a denomination is a brand, more accurately an organization, and can set its own rules of membership. —  GetReligion
  • Thus, one who belongs to a denomination is at that "state of awareness". —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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denomination:   denominations
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  1. = French dénomination = Provencal denominatio = Spanish denominacion = Portuguese denominação = Italian denominazione, from Latin denominatio(n-), a naming, metonymy, from denominare, name: see denominate.
 

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/dənɑmɪˈnæʃən/
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