26984 words

denomination

6 definitions • 7 examples
1
a religious group that has slightly different beliefs from other groups that share the same religion:

Examples:

Protestantism and Roman Catholicism are both denominations of the Christian faith.
2
a unit of value, especially of money:

Examples:

denomination of It always takes time to get used to the different denominations of coins when you go to a foreign country.
3
a particular name for something or someone:

Examples:

denomination for The correct denomination for the crime is "aggravated murder".
4
a religious group whose beliefs differ in some ways from other groups in the same religion:

Examples:

The petition was signed by clergy from over 20 Protestant denominations.
5
a unit of value, esp. of money:

Examples:

The machines take coins of any denomination.
6
a unit of value stated on a coin, bank note, etc.:

Examples:

high/large denomination notes
small/low denomination coins

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