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ReligiousDenomination religious denomination The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a> which are variations of a more general religion which adherents of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> regard as their <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_denomination religious denominations religious order denomination religious orders denominations sect sects religious order A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a>. Each instance is a group of person living under a religious rule. ReligiousOrder A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. Baptist religion BaptistReligion MethodistReligion very LowChurch outgrowth of Anglicanism Methodism Wahhabism A branch of Islam. Wahhabism Protestant ProtestantReligion A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. A very strict sub-religion of the Mennonite religion. Believers live a very simple life, shunning modern society and its technological advances. AmishReligion Amish A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. CopticChristianity Coptic Christianity Anglicanism A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. AnglicanReligion AlawiteIslam Alawite Islam A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Islam</a>. Mennonite religion MennoniteReligion A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. Zen Buddhism A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subBeliefSystem</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIJ1rpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MahayanaBuddhism</a>, introduced into China in the 6th century A.D.and into Japan in the 12th century. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRNg_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ZenBuddhism</a> emphasizes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0DxrJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TranscendentEnlightenment</a> for the student by the most direct possible means, accepting formal studies and observances only when they form part of such means. ZenBuddhism The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwEsjM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EpiscopalianReligion</a> is a traditional protestant christian denomination in the United States. (Formally, the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United Sttes of America.) Its beliefs are close to those of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjNmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LutheranReligion</a>, with which it is merging, and its practices are close to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AnglicanReligion</a> from which it sprung. The church has bishops, and it currently combines traditional hierarchy, ceremony and pageantry with liberal political views. EpiscopalianReligion Episcopalianism GreekOrthodoxReligion Greek Orthodox A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. Theravada Buddhism TheravadaBuddhism A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buddhism</a>. local variety of Methodism the Free Wesleyan Church FreeWesleyanReligion FreeChurchOfTonga-Religion the Free Church of Tonga local denomination Salafism A branch of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirrZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SunniIslam</a> whose adherents hold that their beliefs are pure Islam as practiced by the first three generations of Muslims. Salafism Albanian Orthodox AlbanianOrthodoxReligion A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. MahayanaBuddhism Mahayana Buddhism A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. Seventh-Day Adventism SeventhDayAdventistReligion EvangelicalLutheranReligion A variation of the Lutheran religion. Evangelical Lutheranism ChurchOfTonga-Religion the Church Of Tonga local denomination Catholicism The Roman Catholic religion with the Pope in Rome as its leader on earth. Catholicism LutheranReligion A Religion started by MartinLuther. Lutheranism ArmenianOrthodoxReligion Armenian Orthodox A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. Mormonism Mormonism The religion started by JoeSmith. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. Russian Orthodox RussianOrthodoxReligion SunniIslam A branch of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Islam</a>. Sunni Islam MaroniteReligion Maronite religion A branch of Islam. Shiite Islam ShiiteIslam DruzeReligion Druze The Druze religion, a set of monotheistic religious beliefs held by a group of people living chiefly in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViLeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lebanon</a>. Presbyterianism A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. PresbyterianReligion the Church of England The offshoot of the Catholic religion which was started by HenryVIII of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViWaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">England</a>. ChurchOfEngland QuakerReligion The religion started by George Fox in England in the 17th century. Quakerism Pentecostalism Pentecostalism A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Christianity</a>. Ibadhi Islam A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Islam</a>. IbadhiIslam ReligiousDenomination The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a> which are variations of a more general religion which adherents of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> regard as their <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a>. religious denomination ReligiousDenomination The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a> which are variations of a more general religion which adherents of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> regard as their <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a>. religious denomination ReligiousDenomination The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a> which are variations of a more general religion which adherents of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> regard as their <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a>. religious denomination Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString ReligiousDenomination The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a> which are variations of a more general religion which adherents of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> regard as their <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a>. religious denomination The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the <font color="#ff0000">#$KRAKEN</font> application to resolve natural language ambiguities. KE clarifying collection type KEClarifyingCollectionType ReligiousDenomination The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a> which are variations of a more general religion which adherents of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> regard as their <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a>. religious denomination The collection of all religions or equivalent sets of beliefs that answer the `big questions' about creation, existence, etc. Some elements of this are: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AnimistReligion</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Catholicism</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buddhism</a>, etc. Religion religion ReligiousDenomination The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a> which are variations of a more general religion which adherents of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJGH5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousDenomination</a> regard as their <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a>. religious denomination type of belief system BeliefSystemType The collection of all the kinds of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s -- religious, philosophical, political, ethical, cultural, and scientific. Some elements of this collection include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhilosophyBeliefs</a>, etc. The most general member of this set is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s (qv).