nondenominational
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˌnɒndɪnəˈmeɪʃənl/
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no denominacional
- The community center provides a nondenominational space for people of all faiths to gather and share their experiences.
- nondenominational church
- nondenominational Protestants
- nondenominational Protestant
Examples
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I added three groups not represented in Bauer's classification—for which he had no data—in order to better represent the religious population in Las Vegas: Nondenominational Protestant, Eastern Orthodox and Other, and Islam.
Academic text (2012) -
The order of the Leaping Berelians is new... and nondenominational.
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It's a nondenominational group, yes.
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This year's shoot will feature two scenes again, a nondenominational winter scene and a holiday scene as well.
Blog text (7) -
Well, we're nondenominational.
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The ecological element in nondenominational contemporary spirituality is perhaps even clearer.
Academic text (1999) -
Jud Wilhite, a pastor at a large local nondenominational church, recalled his attempt to convince a Virginia woman that churches actually do exist in the city.
Academic text (2012) -
In 1845, Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the British Whig Government, established a nondenominational "Queen's University" in Ireland as an alternative to the Anglican Trinity College in Dublin.
Academic text (1992) -
The Program Crossing the Journey (CTJ) is a stand-alone nondenominational organization that collaborates with congregations to establish spiritual families in a midsize city.
Academic text (2009) -
Within the United States, a numerical shift has taken place away from the Protestant mainline churches that were ecumenically oriented to the evangelicals, Pentecostals, and nondenominational churches that are often anti-ecumenical.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
15
6.6
Not officially connected to any group or organization
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6.9
Open to people of any religion or political party
Not connected to any single religion and welcoming people of different faiths
Not belonging to a particular religion or organization
Not connected to any group, organization, or political party
Antonyms
How Denominational
Surface Forms
Morphology
nondenominational = denominational (transparent) = non + denomination + al
The prefix 'non-' simply negates the adjective 'denominational', yielding the expected meaning 'not affiliated with a denomination'.
Etymology
Nondenominational breaks into non- meaning 'not' and denomination meaning 'a named religious group' such as Catholic or Baptist. So, it describes a church, service, or ceremony that is not tied to any one group and welcomes people from different faiths.