Associations to the word «Denomination»

Wiktionary

DENOMINATION, noun. (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
DENOMINATION, noun. (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; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.
DENOMINATION, noun. (countable) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect or religious sub-goup; as, a religious denomination.
DENOMINATION, noun. (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc

Dictionary definition

DENOMINATION, noun. A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith.
DENOMINATION, noun. 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".
DENOMINATION, noun. Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others.

Wise words

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
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