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denomination
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Denomination \De*nom`i*na"tion\, n. [L. denominatio metonymy:
cf. F. d['e]nomination a naming.]
1. The act of naming or designating.
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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.
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Those [qualities] which are classed under the
denomination of sublime. --Burke.
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3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same
name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.
Syn: Name; appellation; title. See Name.
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