NOUN | group | denomination | a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith |
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group | denomination | a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money | |
communication | denomination, appellation, designation, appellative | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
Sounds | dihnao.mahney'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith. | |
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Members | believer, worshiper, worshipper | A person who has religious faith |
congregation, fold, faithful | A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | |
Narrower | Protestant denomination | group of Protestant congregations |
communion | (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites | |
Broader | nongovernmental organization, NGO | An organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government |
Adjectives | denominational | relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination |
Verbs | denominate | assign a name or title / title to |
Meaning | A class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money. | |
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Example | "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations" | |
Broader | class, category, family | A collection of things sharing a common attribute |
Adjectives | denominational | relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp |
Verbs | denominate | assign a name or title / title to |
Meaning | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others. | |
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Synonyms | appellation, designation, appellative | |
Narrower | nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname | A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) |
street name | An alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods) | |
title, title of respect, form of address | An identifying appellation signifying status or function | |
title | An appellation signifying nobility | |
Broader | name | A language unit by which a person or thing is known |
Spanish | apelativo, denominación, título | |
Catalan | apel·latiu, denominació | |
Verbs | denominate | assign a name or title / title to |
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