denomination

See also: dénomination

English

denomination (countable and uncountable, plural denominations)

(uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
(countable) 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.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 46:
  "Will you allow me to present Sir George Evelyn to you?—the most accomplished coquet that ever 'Dealt destruction round the land On all he judged a foe;' under which denomination he ranks all women."
(countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
Hyponyms: order, sect

She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.
- 2011, Paul M. Collins, Barry A. Ensign-George, Denomination: Assessing an Ecclesiological Category, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 6:
  Denomination does more than create space in which to discern, however. It also provides a means for living out differing forms of a faithful Christian life.
(countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.
What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.
- 1896, William Graham Sumner, chapter 11, in History of Banking in the United States:
  In 1823, a further issue of treasury notes was ordered to the amount of $100,000, in denominations of five to seventy-five cents, receivable for dues to the State.

act of naming, designation

name, designation, or title

class or society with the same name, a sect

Afrikaans: denominasie, sekte
Armenian: հարանվանություն (hy) (haranvanutʻyun)
Bulgarian: секта (bg) f (sekta)
Czech: denominace (cs) f
Danish: trossamfund n, sekt c
Finnish: ryhmä (fi) (general); tunnustuskunta, uskontokunta (fi), denominaatio, kirkkokunta (fi) (religious group); lahko (fi) (sect)
German: Konfession (de) f (religious denomination)
Greek: δόγμα (el) n (dógma), (religion) θρήσκευμα (el) n (thrískevma)
Hungarian: felekezet (hu) (religious denomination), szekta (hu)
Irish: sainaicme creidimh f (religious), sainchreideamh m (religious)
Norwegian: trossamfunn n
Bokmål: kirkesamfunn n (Christian)
Portuguese: denominação (pt) f
Russian: деномина́ция (ru) f (denominácija), вероисповеда́ние (ru) n (veroispovedánije), се́кта (ru) f (sékta)
Slovene: denominacija f, verska skupnost f
Spanish: denominación (es) f
Swahili: dhehebu (sw)
Swedish: konfession (sv) c
Ukrainian: віросповідання (virospovidannja), конфесія (uk) (konfesija)
Urdu: سمپرداے

unit in a series of units