denomination

Plural: denominations

Noun

• a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
• 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"
• identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
• The act of naming or designating.
• 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 class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
• A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.

Examples

• She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.
• What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.

Synonyms

appellation, appellative, designation

Related Words

appellation, denominate, face value, name, title