Denomination1. (n.) A large group of religious congregations united with a common doctrine.
2. (n.) 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. (n.) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.
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