Thesaurus: denomination

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1. n. The act of naming or designating.
2. n. That by which class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/anything">anything is class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/denominated">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.
3. n. A class, or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/society">society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.
4. n. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
5. n. a class of one kind of unit in a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/system">system of numbers or measures or weights or money
6. n. word/identifying">identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
7. 1. The act of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/naming">naming or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/designating">designating. 2. 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. Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime. Burke. 3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians. Syn. -- Name; appellation; title. See Name.
8. n:100 n. a group of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/religious">religious class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/congregations">congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith n. a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money