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denomination

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                           The                                                         act                                                         of                                                         naming                                                         or                                                         designating.                                    

            2.                                             A                                                         class,                                                         or                                                           society                                                         of                                                           individuals,                                                         called                                                         by                                                         the                                                         same                                                         name;                                                           a                                                         sect;                                                         as,                                                           a                                                           denomination                                                         of                                                           Christians.                                    

            3.                                           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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You see, each denomination declared that it had the only real correct plan, an' I'll swear I liked one as well as t'other. - "The Desired Woman", Will N. Harben.
My father being a minister and mother an elder in that denomination, they were very conscientious in training their children in all the usages, as well as principles, of that sect. - "A Woman's Life-Work Labors and Experiences", Laura S. Haviland.
Huxley at once carried the war into the enemy's own country: " And, seeing how large a share of this clamour is raised by the clergy of one denomination or another, may I say, in conclusion, that it really would be well if ecclesiastical persons would reflect that ordination, whatever deep- seated graces it may confer, has never been observed to be followed by any visible increase in the learning or the logic of its subject. - "Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work", P. Chalmers Mitchell.

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