denomination (Meaning)

Wordnet

denomination (n)

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

a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money

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

Webster

denomination (n.)

The act of naming or designating.

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.

A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.

FAQs About the word denomination

a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith, a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weight

appellation, nomenclature, designation,name, moniker, title, pseudonym, denotation, family name, Christian name

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The traveler exchanged their dollars for the local currency, the preferred denomination for purchases.

The piggy bank overflowed with coins of various denominations, ready for counting.

The vending machine only accepted bills of a specific denomination, causing some frustration.

The bank offered competitive exchange rates for all major currency denominations.