EGAVE

denomination

About 1.88 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of naming or designating.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
    She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.
  4. noun A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.
    What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.

Similar words

designation appellation appellative affiliation designator indication unity naming identity name

Often followed by

of in and to is or was as has

Word family

denominational denominationally denominations

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