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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
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
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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