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CONGREGATIONALIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Congregational Church

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Congregationalist" is a kind of...):

Protestant (an adherent of Protestantism)

Holonyms ("Congregationalist" is a member of...):

Congregational Church (a Protestant denomination holding that each individual congregation should be self-governing)

Derivation:

Congregationalism (system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church

Synonyms:

Congregational; Congregationalist

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Pertainym:

Congregational Church (a Protestant denomination holding that each individual congregation should be self-governing)

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