Definitions for denominationdɪˌnɒm əˈneɪ ʃən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
de•nom•i•na•tiondɪˌnɒm əˈneɪ ʃən(n.)
a religious group, usu. including many local churches.
Category: Religion
one of the grades in a series of designations of quantity, value, measure, weight, etc.:
bills of small denomination.
a name or designation, esp. one for a class of things.
a class of persons or things distinguished by a specific name.
the act of naming or designating a person or thing.
Origin of denomination:
1350–1400; < LL, L
de•nom`i•na′tion•al•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
denomination(noun)
a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
denomination(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"
appellation, denomination, designation, appellative(noun)
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
Wiktionary
denomination(Noun)
The act of naming or designating.
denomination(Noun)
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.
denomination(Noun)
A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.
denomination(Noun)
A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc
Origin: From denominatus
Webster Dictionary
Denomination(noun)
the act of naming or designating
Denomination(noun)
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
Denomination(noun)
a class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians
Translations for denomination
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- kleingeldAfrikaans
- قيمَهArabic
- стойностBulgarian
- valorPortuguese (BR)
- hodnotaCzech
- der WertGerman
- pålydendeDanish
- αξίαGreek
- valorSpanish
- nimiväärtusEstonian
- ارزشFarsi
- nimellisarvoFinnish
- valeurFrench
- עֶרֶךHebrew
- किसी जाति या प्रकार का नामHindi
- kategorija, vrstaCroatian
- névértékHungarian
- nilaiIndonesian
- (einingar)gildi, verðgildiIcelandic
- taglioItalian
- (貨幣などの) 単位名Japanese
- 화폐 단위 금액Korean
- nominalasLithuanian
- (naudaszīmes u.tml.) vērtībaLatvian
- kelas unit pengukuranMalay
- waardeDutch
- verdi(betegnelse), pålydende, seddelNorwegian
- nominałPolish
- ارزشPersian
- قیمتPashto
- valorPortuguese
- valoareRomanian
- достоинствоRussian
- hodnotaSlovak
- vrednostSlovenian
- apoenSerbian
- valörSwedish
- อัตราThai
- değerTurkish
- (郵票，貨幣等的)面值Chinese (Trad.)
- вартість; цінністьUkrainian
- سکوں وغیرہ کا ایک درجہUrdu
- loại; hạngVietnamese
- （邮票，货币等的）面值Chinese (Simp.)
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