denomination
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Rhodes, raised as a Swedenborgianist — a Christian denomination that emphasizes “divine love” based on the writings of theologian Emanuel Swedenborg — does not outright reject the comparison.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Catholics overtook Methodists as the largest denomination in the nation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Neither of them made any substantive changes to core Roman Catholic doctrine, but when you’re the bishop of Rome and the head of the world’s largest single religious denomination, practice matters more than theory.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
But for High Priest Selah, of Antigua's Nyabinghi denomination of Rastafarians, memories of the harassment he and others once suffered still linger.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Grandpop made another huh sound, then told him to fold each stack of bills, by denomination, rubber-band them, and put them back in the box.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
Vocabulary lists containing denomination
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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