denomination
The act of naming or designating.
Other meanings
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 class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a .
“She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.”
Related words
- denominationist
- redenomination
- subdenomination
- denominational
- denominationalism
- denomination effect
Word history
From Latin "dēnōminātiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “denomination” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.