Denomination

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1. Noun

The act of naming or designating.

2. 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.

3. Noun

A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.

4. 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"
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