subdenominationn.
/ˌsʌbdᵻˌnɒmᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsəbdəˌnɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌsəbdiˌnɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. A division or subdivision of a denomination (in various senses).
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a subordinate class or group
subdivisiona1450
under-kind1571
membera1631
subdenomination1630
subdistinction1665
subkind1820
subgroup1826
subform1844
subclass1852
subset1881
subworld1887
subgenre1903
1630 R. Delamain Grammelogia sig. a2v What denomination you give unto any of the figures, the next great division is the next subdenomination.
?1725 Short Remarks Coins Current in Kingdom 3 At present there is a Disproportion in the Weights of the 4l. Piece, and its Sub-denominations.
1751 R. Clayton Ess. on Spirit 50 Having dispatched, in the preceding Sections, the whole Subject of Spirits, Angels, Cherubims, and all their Sub-denominations.
1876 Census Irel. 1871: Gen. Rep. 107 The smaller subdenominations of Protestants, such as Baptists, Unitarians, Covenanters, Independents, and so on.
1877 W. H. S. Monck Introd. Logic (1880) xii. 105 Some writers confine the phrase Contrary terms to the two sub-denominations of the same class which are most opposed to each other.
1879 Rep. from Commissioners XXXI. 23 I see no plan by which the number of aliases or sub-denominations in Deeds can be prevented, without the risk of revolutionizing the Title to property in this country.
1959 H. Mattingly Rom. Imperial Civilisation viii. 228 The follis of Diocletian was a much larger coin than the XXI piece that preceded it and now survived as a sub-denomination.
1972 A. M. Greeley & R. H. Rossi Denominational Soc. v. 109 Catholicism and Lutheranism are clearly divided into ethnic subdenominations [in America].
1997 A. Katsenelinboigen Concept Indeterminism & its Applic. iii. 95 Protestantism..features a dozen major denominations..with each denomination further subdivided into subdenominations.
2. spec. In Ireland: a subdivision of an estate, area, or townland. Cf. denomination n. 2b. Now historical.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Irish units
townlanda1500
ballyboe1550
quarter1585
poll1591
cartron1598
tate1607
quartern1679
subdenomination1720
1720 Thomas Smith et al., Appellants: Respondents Case 2 The said Parcel of Lands so detained by the said Appellants, were only Subdenominations, and Part, and Parcel, of the said several Denominations before named.
1731 P. Yorke & T. Lutwyche J. Minchin. M. Edwards: Respondent’s Case 6 Crohill is a Subdenomination and Parcel of Inchmore and Inchbegg.
1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 105 He takes him out a custodiam on all the denominations and sub-denominations, and every carton and half carton upon the estate.
1879 D. O'Connor Lough Derg & its Pilgrimages vi. 42 St. Dabheoc's Seat gave rise to the denomination Seeavoc, the name by which the district in which it lies was anciently known. In after ages the district was divided into sub-denominations.
1925 Past 3 100 The name ‘Cloughbawn’..is merely a sub-denomination of that portion of the townland of Clonroche on which the parish church stands.
1974 Clogher Rec. 8 200 Redinadariva was a sub-denomination of Cavany, and it was apparently later on changed to Rockfield.
2004 I. Maxwell Researching Down Ancestors xiii. 188 Sources such as..the index of townland sub-denominations and the Co. Down volumes of the Place Names of Northern Ireland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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