/di nom'euh nay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. a religious group, usually including many local churches, often larger than a sect: the Lutheran denomination.
2. one of the grades or degrees in a series of designations of quantity, value, measure, weight, etc.: He paid $500 in bills of small denomination.
3. a name or designation, esp. one for a class of things.
4. a class or kind of persons or things distinguished by a specific name.
5. the act of naming or designating a person or thing.
[ 1350-1400; ME denominacioun denomination- (s. of denominatio ), in L: metonymy, equiv. to denominat ( us ) (see DENOMINATE) + -ion- -ION ]