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denomination

[ dih-nom-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a religious group, usually including many local churches, often larger than a sect:

    the Lutheran denomination.

  2. one of the grades or degrees in a series of designations of quantity, value, measure, weight, etc.:

    He paid $500 in bills of small denomination.

  3. a name or designation, especially one for a class of things.
  4. a class or kind of persons or things distinguished by a specific name.
  5. the act of naming or designating a person or thing.


denomination

/ dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

  1. a group having a distinctive interpretation of a religious faith and usually its own organization
  2. a grade or unit in a series of designations of value, weight, measure, etc

    coins of this denomination are being withdrawn

  3. a name given to a class or group; classification
  4. the act of giving a name
  5. a name; designation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • deˌnomiˈnational, adjective
  • deˌnomiˈnationally, adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of denomination1

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English denominacioun “name, designation; act of naming or designating,” from Latin dēnōminātiōn- (stem of dēnōminātiō “calling something by other than its proper name, substitution, metonymy,” equivalent to dēnōmināt(us) + -iōn-; denominate, -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of denomination1

C15: from Latin dēnōminātiō a calling by name; see denominate
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Example Sentences

Notable among the speakers is Walter Kim, a theologian who last year became president of the National Association of Evangelicals — a group of denominations and institutions not known for their support for LGBTQ rights.

It joins other denominations which have been eroded by hyperinflation, which soared to 800% in 2020 before slowing down to 106% this year.

From Quartz

Still, countries including Canada and Australia have features on their currency that allow blind people to distinguish one denomination from another.

QAnon conspiracy theories have burrowed so deeply into American churches that pastors are expressing alarm — and a new poll shows the bogus teachings have become as widespread as some denominations.

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The “Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation” would allow the departing congregations to keep their property and give them $25 million to form a new denomination.

Reinke lost his pulpit and was drummed out of the conservative Missouri Synod of the Lutheran denomination.

And no religious denomination should be forced to ordain gays or women as priests, right?

When I ask him what religious denomination he represents, he replies, “every.”

We justified the rankings by the reporting and by guidance from those most familiar with each denomination.

Communion practices vary by denomination and even by individual parishes.

No more than one convent of each denomination is allowed to subsist, and great checks are put on the profession of new members.

He heard the arithmetic class reciting and learned that only things of the same denomination can be subtracted from each other.

While alone and contented, I was all right, but to return to the denomination would mean to leave both robe and title behind.

He should have taken those bills far away and had them exchanged for money of smaller denomination.

After the Mormon fiasco and the evaporation of the Fieldingites, another denomination took it.

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