de-nomination

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.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English denominacioun < Late Latin dēnōminātiōn- (stem of dēnōminātiō), in Latin: metonymy, equivalent to dēnōmināt(us) (see denominate) + -iōn- -ion

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denomination (dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən)

—n
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	a grade or unit in a series of designations of value, weight, measure, etc: coins of this denomination are being withdrawn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

[C15: from Latin dēnōminātiō a calling by name; see denominate]

denomi'national

—*adj*

denomi'nationally

—*adv*

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denomination

late 14c., "a naming," from L. denominationem (nom. denominatio) "a calling by anything other than the proper name, metonymy," from denominare "to name," from de- "completely" + nominare "to name." Monetary sense is 1650s; meaning "religious sect" is 1716.

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