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Definition of denomination : 1. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.
2. 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.
3. The act of naming or designating.

Synonyms:

epithet, coreligionist, identification, appointment, banknote, bread, agnomen, brother, appellative, belief, handle, bucks, denotation, brethren, surname, faith, coin, religion, congregation, moniker, confession, communion, title, church, Baha'i, cash, coinage, cult, bill, group, appellation, cognomen, nomenclature, copper, creed, words, sect, tag, name, compellation, prenomen, naming, assignment, specific, nickname, value, cleric, animism, ascetic, change

label, people, caste, step, stripe, stock, designation, taxonomy, genus, strain, grade, line, brand, rank, classification, kind, kingdom, family, persuasion, class, mold, category, degree, breed, genotype, level, clan, race, series, type, order, stamp, ilk, form, set, make, feather, species, style, phylum, sort, variety, grain

Usage examples:

• Whenever Daddy had written he had usually enclosed in his envelope a bank note of small denomination for Janice. - "Janice Day", Helen Beecher Long.
• On September 23, 1862, the amount of Treasury notes under the denomination of five dollars was increased from five million to ten million dollars, and a further issue of bonds or certificates of stock, to the amount of fifty million dollars, was authorized. - "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1 (of 2)", Jefferson Davis.
• He loved a righteous man, and sympathized with an unfortunate one, without reference to his denomination. - "Isaac T. Hopper", L. Maria Child.