denomination
denomination is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians. See Name.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agnomen
- all
- and
- antonomasia
- antonym
- article
- baptism
- baptize
- bean
- belief
- believer
- body
- by-name
- byword
- call
- canonist
- cant
- caption
- catholic
- characterize
- christen
- clepe
- cognomen
- cognominal
- cognomination
- collective
- community
- compellation
- confession
- convertible
- creed
- declaration
- define
- denominate
- denominational
- description
- designate
- designation
- distinguish
- divine
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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