denomination

CEFRB2

/dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/

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A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
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.
The act of naming or designating.

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She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.
What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.
Denomination does more than create space in which to discern, however. It also provides a means for living out differing forms of a faithful Christian life.

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"Will you allow me to present Sir George Evelyn to you?—the most accomplished coquet that ever 'Dealt destruction round the land On all he judged a foe;' under which denomination he ranks all women."
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 46
Denomination does more than create space in which to discern, however. It also provides a means for living out differing forms of a faithful Christian life.
2011, Paul M. Collins, Barry A. Ensign-George, Denomination: Assessing an Ecclesiological Category, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 6
In 1823, a further issue of treasury notes was ordered to the amount of $100,000, in denominations of five to seventy-five cents, receivable for dues to the State.
1896, William Graham Sumner, chapter 11, in History of Banking in the United States

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From Middle English denominacioun, from Old French denominacion, from Latin dēnōminātiō. By surface analysis, denominate + -ion.