Definition of denomination Denomination

/dɪnɔˌmʌnejˈʃʌn/ - [dinomuneyshun] - de•nom•i•na•tion

We found 12 definitions of denomination from 5 different sources.

What does denomination mean?

Noun Plural: denominations
denomination - a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
		ngo, nongovernmental organization an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
		communion the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation"
		protestant denomination group of Protestant congregations
denomination - 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"
		category, class, family a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
denomination - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
		appellation, designation, appellative
		name by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"
		street name the name of a street
		byname, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet, cognomen, nickname a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"
		form of address, title of respect, title an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"

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denomination (Noun)
The act of naming or designating.
denomination (Noun)
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.
denomination (Noun)
A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect or religious sub-goup; as, a religious denomination.
denomination (Noun)
A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.

denomination (n.)
The act of naming or designating.
denomination (n.)
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.
denomination (n.)
A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.