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Denomination Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Denomination has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

"The church merger was complicated because two different denominations refused to agree on their shared doctrine."

2

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"

3

identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

"The museum label clarified that the artist was known under a different denomination than the one he preferred."

4

The act of naming or designating.

"The committee debated for hours before reaching a consensus on the denomination of the new species."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nongovernmental organization class name
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
communion Protestant denomination street name nickname title
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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