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noun
1.
a religious group, usually including many local churches, often larger than a sect: the Lutheran denomination.
2.
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.
3.
a name or designation, especially one for a class of things.
4.
a class or kind of persons or things distinguished by a specific name.
5.
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
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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Example Sentences
- As for the money, the more prominent someone was, the lower the denomination on which he appears.
- There's even talk of group deals between all churches of a given denomination and a single corporation.
- China will issue larger denomination bank notes, overcoming an eight-year fear of fueling inflation.
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Word Origin & History
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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