DENOMINATION

n. 1 sect, persuasion, school, church, order He is a member of the Mormon denomination 2 sort, kind, type, nature, variety, unit, size, value; grade, class, genus, species, order, classification The kidnappers demanded the ransom money in used notes of small denomination 3 designation, appellation, name, identification, style, title, tag, term; designating, naming, identifying, styling, classifying, titling, entitling, tagging, terming, denominating The denomination of people by race, creed, colour, or sex is discriminatory