denomination en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English denominacioun, from Old French denominacion, from Latin dēnōminātiō. By surface analysis, denominate + -ion.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
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(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.
"Will you allow me to present Sir George Evelyn to you?—the most accomplished coquet that ever 'Dealt destruction round the land On all he judged a foe;' under which denomination he ranks all women."
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 46:
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(countable) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
Denomination does more than create space in which to discern, however. It also provides a means for living out differing forms of a faithful Christian life.
2011, Paul M. Collins, Barry A. Ensign-George, Denomination: Assessing an Ecclesiological Category, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 6:She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.
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(countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.
What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.
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.
1896, William Graham Sumner, chapter 11, in History of Banking in the United States:The French army in the 1870s used no fewer than 425 different rope diameters for its hot air balloons. Then Captain Charles Renard devised a system that reduced the number to 17. He got the bright idea that the diameter should increase in steps governed by a certain factor rather than, for instance, by a certain width expressed in millimeters. His concept now has widespread use in technology. It is also used, approximately, in the denominations of coins and bills, as in the sequence of coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents, 1 and 2 euros, in 16 of the 27 countries in the European Union (fig. 1.5). The ISO standard defines four base series for Renard numbers, denoted R5, R10, R20, and R40. In the R5 series, each number is larger than the preceding one by the factor #92;sqrt#91;5#93;#123;10#125;#92;approx 1.584. For practical reasons, the numbers are slightly rounded, as shown in table 1.5 for R5 and R10. They take the same structure within every decade and are evenly spread when plotted on a logarithmic scale.
2010, Göran Grimvall, “Chapter 1: Numbers”, in Quantify! A Crash Course in Smart Thinking, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| denominations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
denominationist · redenomination · subdenomination · denomination effect · denominationalism · denominational
Relateds
denominate · name · appellation · title · face value
Translations (98)
cs denominace (class or society with the same name, a sect) · hy հարանվանություն (class or society with the same name, a sect) · it valore nominale (unit in a series of units) · fr dénomination (act of naming, designation) · ru деномина́ция (class or society with the same name, a sect) · ru се́кта (class or society with the same name, a sect) · fi nimittäminen (act of naming, designation) · hu felekezet (class or society with the same name, a sect) · pt denominação (name, designation, or title) · bg наричане (act of naming, designation) · fi denominaatio (class or society with the same name, a sect) · da sekt (class or society with the same name, a sect) · de Stückelung (unit in a series of units) · el ονομασία (act of naming, designation) · de Benennung (act of naming, designation) · pt denominação (act of naming, designation) · ca denominació (act of naming, designation) · sh апоен (unit in a series of units) · da kategori (name, designation, or title) · sl vrednost (unit in a series of units) · fi nimeäminen (act of naming, designation) · uk позначення (name, designation, or title) · ru именова́ние (act of naming, designation) · ru называ́ние (act of naming, designation) · ga aicme (unit in a series of units) · da benævnelse (act of naming, designation) · uk найменування (name, designation, or title) · it valore facciale (unit in a series of units) · el όνομα (name, designation, or title) · ru и́мя (name, designation, or title) · bg стойност (unit in a series of units) · bg име (name, designation, or title) · fi ryhmä (class or society with the same name, a sect) · fi nimellisarvo (unit in a series of units) · sv konfession (class or society with the same name, a sect) · sv namngivning (act of naming, designation) · sh apoen (unit in a series of units) · sl denominacija (class or society with the same name, a sect) · ru досто́инство (unit in a series of units) · fi tunnustuskunta (class or society with the same name, a sect) · th นามพรรณ (act of naming, designation) · pt denominação (class or society with the same name, a sect) · ga sainchreideamh (class or society with the same name, a sect) · pl nominał (unit in a series of units) · bg название (name, designation, or title) · no trossamfunn (class or society with the same name, a sect) · el δόγμα (class or society with the same name, a sect) · tr denominasyon (act of naming, designation) · el αξία (unit in a series of units) · de Bezeichnung (name, designation, or title) · bg секта (class or society with the same name, a sect) · fi lahko (class or society with the same name, a sect) · ru вероисповеда́ние (class or society with the same name, a sect) · es denominación (class or society with the same name, a sect) · el θρήσκευμα (class or society with the same name, a sect) · es denominación (name, designation, or title) · pt espécie (unit in a series of units) · hu elnevezés (act of naming, designation) · hu szekta (class or society with the same name, a sect) · fi kirkkokunta (class or society with the same name, a sect) · es denominación (act of naming, designation) · nb kirkesamfunn (class or society with the same name, a sect) · ru назва́ние (name, designation, or title) · da klasse (name, designation, or title) · sv beteckning (name, designation, or title) · pl denominacja (act of naming, designation) · sw dhehebu (class or society with the same name, a sect) · gl denominación (act of naming, designation) · ru наименова́ние (name, designation, or title) · el ονομασία (name, designation, or title) · tr adlandırma (act of naming, designation) · fr désignation (name, designation, or title) · ru сто́имость (unit in a series of units) · ar طَائِفَة (class or society with the same name, a sect) · es denominación (unit in a series of units) · mi tānga hāhi (class or society with the same name, a sect) · af sekte (class or society with the same name, a sect) · uk вартість (unit in a series of units) · el χαρακτηρισμός (act of naming, designation) · bg именуване (act of naming, designation) · de Konfession (class or society with the same name, a sect) · ga ainmníocht (name, designation, or title) · uk віросповідання (class or society with the same name, a sect) · ga ainmniú (act of naming, designation) · da pålydende (unit in a series of units) · pl denominacja (class or society with the same name, a sect) · az məzhəb (class or society with the same name, a sect) · af denominasie (class or society with the same name, a sect) · ga ainmníocht (unit in a series of units) · fi arvo (unit in a series of units) · sl verska skupnost (class or society with the same name, a sect) · uk конфесія (class or society with the same name, a sect) · fi ryhmä (name, designation, or title) · fi uskontokunta (class or society with the same name, a sect) · da trossamfund (class or society with the same name, a sect) · pl desygnacja (name, designation, or title) · ga sainaicme creidimh (class or society with the same name, a sect) · ur سمپرداے (class or society with the same name, a sect)