Denominations
[dɪ,nɔmə'neɪʃənz]
Examples
- 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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