denomination Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
  2. 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
  3. noun identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
    appellation; appellative; designation.

WordNet

De*nom`i*na"tion noun
Etymology
L. denominatio metonymy: cf. F. dénomination a naming.
Definitions
  1. The act of naming or designating.
  2. 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.
    Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime. Burke.
  3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians. Syn. -- Name; appellation; title. See Name.

Webster 1913