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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Denomination \De*nom`i*na"tion\, n. [L. denominatio metonymy: cf F. d['e]nomination 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: denomination n 1: a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith 2: identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others [syn: {appellation}, {designation}, {appellative}]
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