How to Use denomination in a Sentence

denomination

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  • The kidnappers asked for bills in small denominations.
  • It's one of the more conservative denominations.
  • She spoke with people of many different political denominations.
  • People from several different religious denominations participated in the event.
  • Methodists, Baptists, and other Christian denominations.
  • The gift certificates are available in $5 and $10 denominations.
  • The church is the world headquarters for the Church of God in Christ, the second largest Black denomination, and holds 7,500 people.
    — CBS News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Here is a short list of Christian heavyweights the world lost in 2023 who shaped the culture across denominations.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The two stamps came in two designs, one for each denomination.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 1 July 2023
  • The denomination has grappled for years with how to deal with those facts and compensate for the damage.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2022
  • The idea stems from a loophole in a 1997 law that grants the Treasury the authority to mint platinum coins of any denomination.
    — Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Basically, there is a loophole in the law that could allow the U.S. to mint a coin of any denomination if it’s made of platinum.
    — Josh Boak, Fortune, 9 May 2023
  • The denomination’s statement of faith says the office of pastor is for men only.
    — Deepa Bharath and Peter Smith, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2022
  • From coast to coast, members of the Christian denomination fanned out in cities and towns Thursday to share literature and converse about God for the first time since March 2020.
    — Deepa Bharath, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The Synod is the highest governing body in the denomination.
    — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Jones, who was the youth minister at Lester Memorial for seven years, decided to stay with the denomination and help with the new church start.
    — Greg Garrison | , al, 29 June 2023
  • Fredrika had no money for a funeral, but well-wishers sent in checks and cash in denominations as small as $5.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Since the founding of this country, no Christian denomination has centered poor immigrants and refugees the way Catholicism has.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • Song of the summer, album of the summer: these denominations used to mean something, with a system behind them to assert dominance.
    — Cyrena Touros, ELLE, 2 June 2023
  • The first resignation of the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church in 600 years would crystallize the full weight of the crises then battering the world’s largest Christian denomination.
    — Jacqueline L. Salmon, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Reform Judaism is the largest Jewish denomination in the United States.
    — Emily Tamkin, The New Republic, 7 Mar. 2023
  • His father was a minister for the Presbyterian Church and in the 1940s had started the first Black congregation of that denomination in the West.
    — Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • In recent months, the convention — which is the largest Protestant denomination in the country — has faced scrutiny for its handling of the widespread scandal.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Other denominations still hated them, but at least now everyone could unite against the Equal Rights Amendment.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Since then, the church has passed through a variety of denominations and congregations until it was abandoned in 2021.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Members of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination are also planning to elect the next president of the convention.
    — Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2022
  • He felt forced to leave the denomination because of his outspoken opposition to Mr. Trump.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The denomination prohibits women from serving as the senior or lead pastor.
    — Shelia Poole The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), al, 9 June 2023
  • In this process, the UMC is allowing churches to leave the denomination while retaining their properties and assets as long as certain steps are taken before the end of 2023.
    — Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The resolution calls for current leaders who have a role in planning for the future of the denomination to be loyal to the denomination.
    — Greg Garrison | , al, 14 June 2023

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