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de·nom·i·na·tion    Audio Help   [di-nom-uh-ney-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a religious group, usually including many local churches, often larger than a sect: the Lutheran denomination.
2.one of the grades or degrees in a series of designations of quantity, value, measure, weight, etc.: He paid $500 in bills of small denomination.
3.a name or designation, esp. one for a class of things.
4.a class or kind of persons or things distinguished by a specific name.
5.the act of naming or designating a person or thing.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME denominacioun < LL dénōminātiōn- (s. of dénōminātiō), in L: metonymy, equiv. to dénōmināt(us) (see denominate) + -iōn- -ion]
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  denomination
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  appellation, category, church, class, classification, creed, cult, faith, kind, name, persuasion, religion, sect, size, title, value, second base
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  faith
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  Those who accept and practice a particular religious belief.
Synonyms:  church, communion, persuasion, sect
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  name
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The word or words by which one is called and identified.
Synonyms:  appellation, appellative, cognomen, designation, epithet, nickname, style, tag, title
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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