denomination
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Catholics overtook Methodists as the largest denomination in the nation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
In December, the head of Hegseth’s church’s denomination, Doug Wilson, celebrated the secretary as a counterweight to “men with a My-Little-Pony fetish.”
From Salon • Mar. 13, 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
He didn’t need a single pastor or priest or denomination to tell him his views; he could have turned to podcasters, influencers, meme pages, YouTube pastors, and any other number of figures for inspiration.
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2026
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.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Vocabulary lists containing denomination
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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