Denomination
[dɪ,nɒmɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ,nɑmɪ'neʃən]
Definition
(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'.
(noun.) a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith.
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Definition
(n.) The act of naming or designating.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Name, title, style, designation, appellation.[2]. Sect, school, class.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Name, designation, description, kind, class, order, appellation
ANT:Non-description, misnomer
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Examples
- The as was always the denomination of a copper coin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They pressed round their leader, as if to shield him, while they loudly bestowed on him every sacred denomination and epithet of worship. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Before that emission, the colony had raised the denomination of its coin, and had, by act of assembly, ordered 5s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He was for any description of policy, in the compass of a week; and nailed all sorts of colours to every denomination of mast. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- When that form has been so altered by manufacture of any kind as to come under a new denomination, they are called bounties. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- An augmentation, or a direct raising of the denomination of the coin, always is, and from its nature must be, an open and avowed operation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But, upon this account alone, the denomination of barren or unproductive should seem to be very improperly applied to it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The shilling, too, seems originally to have been the denomination of a weight. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Under this denomination were comprehended timber fit for masts, yards, and bowsprits; hemp, tar, pitch, and turpentine. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It may be worth thinking of by Fawners of all denominations--in Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul's Cathedral put together, on any Sunday in the year. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The denominations of those coins seem originally to have expressed the weight or quantity of metal contained in them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Moreover, for p recision in the use of medicaments weights of very small denominations were employed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Sir, there is,' returned the old man with quiet emphasis, 'too much untruth among all denominations of men. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- First, the perplexing mystery of the place was, Who belonged to the eighteen denominations? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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