Definition of Denomination

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Denomination

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 category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.

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

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Denomination Quotations

I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way.
Patricia Heaton

All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination.
Roger Sherman

There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.
David Trimble

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
Benjamin Whichcote

Denomination Translations

denomination in German is Konfession, Benennung

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