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Definition of Denominationalism
1. Noun. A narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination. "He condemned religious sectarianism"
2. Noun. The tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations.
Definition of Denominationalism
1. n. A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.
Definition of Denominationalism
1. Noun. The division of one religion into separate groups, sects, schools of thought or denominations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denominationalism
Literary usage of Denominationalism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Church History by Albert Henry Newman (1903)
"Modern denominationalism is, no doubt, the most characteristic feature of the
... It was impossible for denominationalism, as it has existed since the ..."
2. The Revolutionary Function of the Modern Church by John Haynes Holmes (1912)
"(B) Denominationalism Of great influence, for example, is the evil of
denominationalism, by which I mean the dividing of "the church universal" into sects ..."
3. An American Missionary in Japan by Marquis Lafayette Gordon (1892)
"Denominationalism AND MISSIONS. THE unique condition of Japan during the past
quarter of a century has made it a most attractive field to the various ..."
4. The Community Church: A Probable Method of Approach to and Bases for by Albert Clay Zumbrunnen (1922)
"... CHAPTER I Denominationalism IN THE UNITED STATES AND SOME OF ITS RESULTS No
attempt will be made here to present the subject of denominationalism in an ..."
5. Studies in Modern Church History by Justin Almerin Smith (1887)
"Denominationalism. THE denomination is a very commonplace and familiar fact to us
... The current phraseology often makes denominationalism and sectarianism ..."
6. The Psychological Phenomena of Christianity by George Barton Cutten (1908)
"CHAPTER XXX Denominationalism "A plague of opinion! A man may wear it on both
sides, like a leather jerkin."—SHAKESPEARE. THE trees in the oak grove, ..."
7. The Church of Christ by Thomas Wharton] [Phillips (1905)
"CHAPTER XXXIX Denominationalism Party Names Condemned. Are Denominations Branches
of the Church of Christ ? Nature of Union. IN the next place we would ..."
8. Social Settlements by Charles Richmond Henderson (1899)
"... that refuge from doubt which mere speculation never afforded a tempest-tossed
spirit. Denominationalism.—Perhaps a few Settlements are distinctly ..."