denomination

Church's broader category

Denomination refers to a named category within a larger system.

Religious denominations are branches of a faith—Baptist, Methodist, and Lutheran are Christian denominations.

Currency denominations are the face values of bills and coins: The ATM only dispenses twenties, but I need smaller denominations.

The word implies classification by type or value within an organized scheme.

religion

church

Place of Christian worship

  • sectBreakaway religious faction
  • faithTrust without proof
  • creedStatement of belief

doctrine · theology · congregation · worship · clergy · liturgy · dogma · schism · heresy · orthodoxy

currency

banknote

Printed legal tender

  • billAmount owed, written
  • coinageInvented term or currency
  • fiatAuthoritative official decree

legal tender · dollar · euro · yen · pound · rupee · peso · franc · dinar · dirham

classification

category

A class of things

  • classGrouping by shared traits
  • typeCategory sharing traits
  • groupingArrangement by shared traits

ranking · grade · tier · division · order · designation · taxonomy · categorization · typology · hierarchy

Categories
Opposites
organizational specificity

denominationuniversal church

Entire body of believers

ecumenism · nonsectarianism · non-denominational · interdenominational · catholicity

monetary value classification

denominationvalueless

Having no worth

unnumbered · counterfeit

religious affiliation/specificity

denominationatheism

Rejection of deities

irreligion · agnosticism · secularism · nonbelief · unbelief

Phrases
Family

denominational, denominations, denominating

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