For other senses of this word, see
denomination. A religious denomination (also simply denomination) is a subgroup within a
religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity.The term is frequently used to describe various
Christian denominations (for example,
Eastern Orthodox,
Catholicism, and the many varieties of
Protestantism or
Restorationism). It is also used to describe the four branches of
Judaism (
Orthodox,
Conservative,
Reform and
Reconstructionist), and (less often, though it would not be inappropriate) to describe the two main branches of
Islam (
Sunni and
Shia).
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