denomination
See also: dénomination
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old French denominacion, from Latin dēnōminātiō.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Audio: (file)
Noun
denomination (countable and uncountable, plural denominations)
- (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
- (countable) 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
- (countable) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect or religious subgroup
- She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.
- (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc
- What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.
- 1896, William Graham Sumner, chapter 11, in History of Banking in the United States:
- In 1823, a further issue of treasury notes was ordered to the amount of $100,000, in denominations of five to seventy-five cents, receivable for dues to the State.
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Translations
act of naming, designation
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name, designation, or title
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class or society with the same name, a sect
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unit in a series of units
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See also
Further reading
- “denomination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “denomination”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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