distinctives
- 1Plural of distinctive.
The congregation's founding distinctives include believer's baptism and local governance.
Seminary courses often cover the theological distinctives of each denomination.
Note
An adjective turned noun, and only the noun takes this -s: the adjective distinctive never changes form. In the plural it most often names the defining beliefs of a denomination or sect, the tenets that set one tradition apart from its neighbors, though it can mean any set of characteristics. In Hebrew grammar the singular names a distinctive accent, so the plural there means accents of that kind.
distinctives is a form of distinctive
distinctive, noun: A quality or property that sets something apart and lets one tell it from others. Full entry
- Forms
- distinctivedistinctives plural
- Spelling
- distinctive → distinctives: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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