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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination; "he condemned religious sectarianism" [syn: sectarianism, denominationalism]
2: the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1855 1. devotion to denominational principles or interests 2. the emphasizing of denominational differences to the point of being narrowly exclusive ; sectarianism

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Denominationalism De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ism, n. A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.