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denomination

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As a noun, denomination means the act of naming or designating.

Meanings of denomination

7 meanings

noun

  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.

  3. religionA class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.

    “She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.”

  4. A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.

    “What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.”

  5. A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

  6. 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”

  7. Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

    Similar: appellation, designation, appellative

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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