Denomination meaning

What does “denomination” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“denomination” is a noun with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith.

denomination

noun

  1. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

  2. 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”

  3. identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University