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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Denomination \De*nom`i*na"tion\, n. [L. denominatio metonymy:
     cf. F. d['e]nomination a naming.]
     1. The act of naming or designating.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Those [qualities] which are classed under the
              denomination of sublime.              --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Denomination \De*nom`i*na"tion\, n. [L. denominatio metonymy:
     cf. F. d['e]nomination a naming.]
     1. The act of naming or 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  denomination
       n 1: a group of religious congregations having its own
            organization and a distinctive faith
       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 [syn: appellation,
           designation, appellative]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  denomination
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το δόγμα, η ομολογία
     2 η ονομαστική αξία ενός χαρτονομίσματος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  denomination
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of name or designate.
     2 (lb en 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.
     3 (lb en countable religion) A class, or society of individuals,
  called by the same name; a subdivision of a (l en religion).
     4 (lb en countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money,
  etc.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  denomination
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of name or designate.
     2 (lb en 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.
     3 (lb en countable religion) A class, or society of individuals,
  called by the same name; a subdivision of a (l en religion).
     4 (lb en countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money,
  etc.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  denomination
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of name or designate.
     2 (lb en 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.
     3 (lb en countable religion) A class, or society of individuals,
  called by the same name; a subdivision of a (l en religion).
     4 (lb en countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money,
  etc.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  denomination
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The act of name or designate.
     2 (lb en 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.
     3 (lb en countable religion) A class, or society of individuals,
  called by the same name; a subdivision of a (l en religion).
     4 (lb en countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money,
  etc.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  denomination
     Englanti n.
     1 nimi, nimitys
     2 luokka, kategoria
     3 (''uskonto'') kirkkokunta, uskonlahko
     4 (''matematiikka'') laatu
     5 nimellisarvo (kolikoiden, seteleiden)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  denomination
     n.
     kyrkosamfund, religiös sekt

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  denomination
     n.
     kyrkosamfund, religiös sekt

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Denomination /dˌeːnoːmˌiːnatsjˈoːn/ 
   [fin.] face amount , nominal amount , notional amount , denomination 
           Note: money; stamp; security paper
        "Denomination einer Aktie"  - face amount of a share, nominal amount of a stock
     Synonyms: Nennbetrag, Nominalbetrag, Nominale, Nominale, Stückelung
  
   see: Nennbeträge, Nominalbeträge, Nominale, Stückelungen, Denominationen, in Stücken von
  
           Note: Geld, Briefmarke, Wertpapier

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Denomination /dɪnˌɒmɪnˈeɪʃən/
  الطائفة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  denomination //dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən// 
  1. именуване, наричане
  act of naming, designation
  2. секта
  class or society with the same name, a sect
  3. име, название
  name, designation, or title
  4. стойност
  unit in a series of units