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How to pronounce denomination in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms appellation, appellative, designation
Type of name
Has types nickname, cognomen, byname, sobriquet, soubriquet, form of address, title, title of respect, moniker, street name
Derivation denominate
Type Words
Type of category, family, class
Derivation denominate


he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations.
Type Words
Type of ngo, nongovernmental organization
Has types communion, protestant denomination
Derivation denominate

Examples of denomination

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Ransoms are paid in a variety of ways and invariably in high-denomination notes.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The Church of the Nazarene has been, historically, a nonliturgical denomination.
From the stltoday.com
It's a big step for a denomination whose history is rooted in a split over race.
From the kentucky.com
One chooses one's denomination, just as one chooses one's political affiliation.
From the washingtontimes.com
After two weeks, drop the change and your lowest denomination bill into the jar.
From the washingtonpost.com
When a sale finally goes through, proceeds will be returned to the denomination.
From the boston.com
The Episcopal Church is not the only religious denomination to take such a step.
From the nytimes.com
Sharing worship ideas as a denomination is one way we become a closer community.
From the heraldmagazine.wordpress.com
St. Luke Presbyterian Church in Newton also has voted to leave the denomination.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
  • 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"
  • Appellation: identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
  • (denominational) relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination; "denominational politics"
  • (denominational) relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp
  • A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity.
  • Denomination is a proper description of a currency amount, usually for coins or banknotes. Denominations may also be used with other means of payment like gift cards.
  • In philately, the denomination is the "inscribed value of a stamp". For instance, if you visit the post office to buy a stamp to pay $1's worth of postage you will receive a stamp that has the value $1 printed on it in words or numbers.
  • 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 ...