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denomination
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As a noun, denomination means the act of naming or designating.
Meanings of denomination
7 meaningsnoun
The act of naming or designating.
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.
religionA class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
“She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.”
A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.
“What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.”
A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
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”
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).