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denomination
[ dih-nom-uh-ney-shuhn ]
noun
- a religious group, usually including many local churches, often larger than a sect:
the Lutheran denomination.
- 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.
- a name or designation, especially one for a class of things.
- a class or kind of persons or things distinguished by a specific name.
- the act of naming or designating a person or thing.
denomination
/ dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən /
noun
- a group having a distinctive interpretation of a religious faith and usually its own organization
- a grade or unit in a series of designations of value, weight, measure, etc
coins of this denomination are being withdrawn
- a name given to a class or group; classification
- the act of giving a name
- a name; designation
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Derived Forms
- deˌnomiˈnational, adjective
- deˌnomiˈnationally, adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of denomination1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of denomination1
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Example Sentences
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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