denomination
A denomination is a way of classifying things — it names the type or value of something. Denomination often refers to money. For example, $20 bills are of the same denomination.
When denomination is applied to money, you’ll often hear the terms “lower denomination” or “higher denomination.” If you hand the cashier a $50 bill to pay for your latte, she might ask if you have a bill in a lower denomination — she’s asking for a smaller bill, like a $5 or a $10. Denomination can apply to other things that are categorized by type, such as playing cards or groups within the same religious tradition.
Definitions of denomination
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identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
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street name
an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)
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byname, cognomen, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet
a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person’s given name)
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form of address, title, title of respect
an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.’ or `General’
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title
an appellation signifying nobility
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Aga, Agha
title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
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Defender of the Faith
a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew; parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since
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Don
a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename
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Dona
a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman
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Frau
a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman
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Fraulein
a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman
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Hakham
a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man
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Herr
a German courtesy title or form of address for a man
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Miss
a form of address for an unmarried woman
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Mister, Mr, Mr.
a form of address for a man
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Mrs, Mrs.
a form of address for a married woman
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Ms, Ms.
a form of address for a woman
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Rabbi
a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher
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Reverend
a title of respect for a clergyman
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Senor
a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English `Mr’ or `sir’
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Senora
a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English `Mrs’ or `madam’
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Senorita
a Spanish title or form of address used to or of an unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English `Miss’
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Signora
an Italian title or form of address for a married woman
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Signorina
an Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman
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Very Reverend
a title of respect for various ecclesiastical officials (as cathedral deans and canons and others)
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Lordship
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
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Ladyship
a title used to address any peeress except a duchess
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baronetcy
the title of a baron
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viscountcy
the title of a viscount
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Father, Padre
`Father’ is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre’ is frequently used in the military
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name
a language unit by which a person or thing is known
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a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
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communion
(Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
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Protestant denomination
group of Protestant congregations
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Christian Church, Disciples of Christ
a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion
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Anglican Church, Anglican Communion, Church of England
the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mormon Church, Mormons
church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Baptist Church, Baptists
any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers
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Baptist denomination
group of Baptist congregations
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Christian Science, Church of Christ Scientist
Protestant denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866
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Congregational Church
a Protestant denomination holding that each individual congregation should be self-governing
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Congregational Christian Church
merger of the Congregational Church and the Christian Church
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Evangelical and Reformed Church
a Protestant denomination of Calvinist faith
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United Church of Christ
merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1957
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
Protestant denomination founded in the United States by Charles Taze Russell in 1884
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Lutheran Church
the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of Martin Luther
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Presbyterian Church
the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of John Calvin
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Unitarian Church
the Protestant denomination that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity
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Arminian Church
the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of Jacobus Arminius
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Methodist Church, Methodists
a Protestant denomination founded on the principles of John Wesley and Charles Wesley
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Methodist denomination
group of Methodist congregations
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Anabaptist denomination
a Protestant sect denying infant baptism and baptising only believers
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Mennonite Church
formed from the Anabaptist movement in the 16th century; noted for its simplicity of life
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Assemblies of God
a charismatic Protestant denomination in the United States
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NGO, nongovernmental organization
an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
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a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money
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