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DENOMINATIONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does denominational mean?
• DENOMINATIONAL (adjective)
The adjective DENOMINATIONAL has 3 senses:
1. relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination
2. relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp
3. adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination
Familiarity information: DENOMINATIONAL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
denominational politics
Pertainym:
denomination (a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
denomination (a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination
Context example:
denominational prejudice
Similar:
sectarian (belonging to or characteristic of a sect)
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