undenominationaladj.
/ˌʌndᵻˌnɒmᵻˈneɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌʌndᵻˌnɒmᵻˈneɪʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌəndəˌnɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)nəl/, /ˌəndiˌnɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)nəl/ Not belonging to any particular religious denomination. Frequently in 19th cent. use in connection with religious education in elementary schools.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > [adjective]
universal?a1425
catholicala1530
Catholic Church1559
ecumenical1570
ecumenic1588
schismless1641
unsectarian1847
oecumenian1865
undenominational1871
multi-faith1951
1871 Athenæum 15 Apr. 465 It has ruled that the new Board schools are to be strictly undenominational.
1885 Manch. Examiner 20 Mar. 8/5 The..advantage of an undenominational system of education.
Derivatives
undenomiˈnationalism n.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > [noun]
universality1555
catholicness1605
catholicship1653
Catholicism1789
ecumenicity1840
catholicity1847
unsectarianism1866
ecumenicality1869
undenominationalism1883
ecumenicalism1888
ecumenism1948
ecumenics1982
1883 Christian 1 Nov. 12/2 His strong protest against undenominationalism..does not appear to us well-timed.
undenomiˈnationalist n.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > [noun] > person
catholicc1425
pan-Christian1847
unsectarian1847
undenominationalist1879
ecumaniac1963
ecumenist1964
1879 T. Legge in A. Peel Lett. to Victorian Editor (1929) 323 Somerville Hall will belong to the undenominationalists.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Aug. 4/2 The most animated debate of the whole Conference was that between Churchmen and undenominationalists.
undenomiˈnationalize v.
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1895 Forum (N.Y.) June 435 Our own scattered colleges, now ‘undenominationalized’, if not secularized, can be gathered into groups and unified.
undenomiˈnationally adv.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > [adverb]
ecumenicallya1751
undenominationally1906
1906 Westm. Gaz. 8 Feb. 2 How this is to be done undenominationally I do not know.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1871