DENOMINATION

appellation, denomination, designation, appellative

(noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

denomination

(noun) a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; “he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations”

denomination

(noun) a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

denomination (countable and uncountable, plural denominations)

(uncountable) The act of naming or designating.

(countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals

(countable) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect or religious subgroup

(countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc

Hypernyms

• sect

Hyponyms

• order

Source: Wiktionary

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De*nom`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. denominatio metonymy: cf. F. dénomination a naming.]

1. The act of naming or designating.

2. That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons. Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime. Burke.

3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.

Syn.

– Name; appellation; title. See Name.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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