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After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation. This position doesn't require any religious denomination to alter any of its tenets; it simply forbids government from discrimination regarding who can marry whom.
Tim Johnson

Meaning of "denomination" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DENOMINATION

From Latin dēnōminātiō a calling by name.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DENOMINATION

denomination  [dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DENOMINATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Denomination is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DENOMINATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of denomination in the English dictionary

The first definition of denomination in the dictionary is a group having a distinctive interpretation of a religious faith and usually its own organization. Other definition of denomination is a grade or unit in a series of designations of value, weight, measure, etc. Denomination is also a name given to a class or group; classification.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DENOMINATION


combination
ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən
contamination
kənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən
coordination
kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən
designation
ˌdɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
destination
ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən
determination
dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
discrimination
dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən
domination
ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃən
donation
dəʊˈneɪʃən
elimination
ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən
examination
ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən
explanation
ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən
illumination
ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən
imagination
ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən
nation
ˈneɪʃən
nomination
ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən
origination
ɒˌrɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən
resignation
ˌrɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
termination
ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
vaccination
ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DENOMINATION

denom.
denominable
denominal
denominate
denominational
denominational college
denominational school
denominationalism
denominationalist
denominationally
denominative
denominatively
denominator
denotable
denotate
denotation
denotative
denotatively
denote
denotement

WORDS THAT END LIKE DENOMINATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation

Synonyms and antonyms of denomination in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DENOMINATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «denomination» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of denomination

Translation of «denomination» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DENOMINATION

Find out the translation of denomination to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of denomination from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «denomination» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

教派
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

confesión
570 millions of speakers

English

denomination
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मज़हब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المذهب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деноминация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

denominação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আখ্যা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

confession
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Denominasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Konfession
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

宗派
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Denominasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mệnh giá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆகாததாகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संप्रदाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mezhep
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

denominazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

denominacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

деномінація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

denumire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ονομασία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

denominasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

benämning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

benevnelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of denomination

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DENOMINATION»

The term «denomination» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.587 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DENOMINATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about denomination

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4 QUOTES WITH «DENOMINATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word denomination.
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Tim Johnson
After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation. This position doesn't require any religious denomination to alter any of its tenets; it simply forbids government from discrimination regarding who can marry whom.
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Antonio Sabato, Jr.
I don't consider myself any denomination.
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Roger Sherman
All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination.
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Benjamin Whichcote
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DENOMINATION»

Discover the use of denomination in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to denomination and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Common Denomination: The Thought Field
You just have to activate it," says author Gary Lucas.Common Denomination includes 13 original essays linking the metaphysical and physical worlds as one, as they are meant to be and presents humankind an understanding of who and why we are ...
Gary Lucas, 2011
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Other People's Money: Debt Denomination and Financial ...
A comprehensive analysis of the sources of this problem and its consequences, Other People's Money takes the study one step further, proposing a solution that would involve having the World Bank and regional development banks themselves ...
Barry Eichengreen, Ricardo Hausmann, 2010
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Denomination: Assessing an Ecclesiological Category
But what is a 'denomination'? In this highly creative collection of essays, representatives of all major Christian traditions give an answer to this question. What does the term mean in their own tradition?
Paul M. Collins, Barry Ensign-George, 2011
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The Complete Guide To Christian Denominations
Rhodes has compiled his extensive research into a handy, easy-to-use manual that provides readers with accurate answers to their questions about churches.
Ron Rhodes, 2005
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Southern Baptist Identity: An Evangelical Denomination Faces ...
These essays by editor David Dockery, Al Mohler, Timothy George, Russell Moore, Paige Patterson, and eleven other SBC leaders address these important issues and themes from several perspectives.
David S. Dockery, 2009
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Public Debt Indexation and Denomination - The Case of Brazil ...
The paper models the optimal debt management strategy of the public sector when issuing nominal, price-level-indexed and foreign-denominated debt securities. the model predicts that the variance of inflation, the size of the public debt, ...
Mr. Ilan Goldfajn, 1998
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The British cyclopædia of the arts and sciences
Hence it is customary in all civilized communities to have for each kind of thing a scale of units of different magnitudes or denomination*, as pounds, shillings, pence, and farthings, for units of value, in England ; miles, furlongs, poles, fathoms, ...
Charles Frederick Partington, 1835
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Black Pioneers in a White Denomination
Focusing largely on two pioneering black ministers -- Egbert Ethelred Brown, founder of the first Unitarian church in Harlem, and Lewis A. McGee, founder of the Interracial Free Religious Fellowship in Chicago's black ghetto -- Black ...
Mark D. Morrison-Reed, 1994
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Tattered Trust: Is There Hope for Your Denomination?
Some are merely surviving financial crisis. Many have no compelling direction regarding missions and evangelism. Most are in denial about the outcome. In Tattered Trust , Lyle E. Schaller argues that there is hope for denominations.
Lyle E. Schaller, 1996
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Letters to a dissenting minister of the Congregational ...
In the first place, then, I consider it expedient to intimate, that my parents were rigid Dissenters of the Congregational Independent Denomination, and that they brought me up strictly in the principles and sentiments of that sect ; raid that when I ...
Michael Augustus Gathercole, 1834

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DENOMINATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term denomination is used in the context of the following news items.
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Where does Hillary Clinton stand? Don't ask her.
She fumbled around a bit more but never picked a side — on either the denomination or which woman's face should be on it. The question ... «Vox, Jul 15»
2
Diverging monetary policy cycles impact international use of the euro
The first analyses the impact of currency denomination in international transactions on the transmission of exchange rate movements to import ... «The FINANCIAL, Jul 15»
3
Oklahoma's Fallin hedges after state Supreme Court ruling
... public funds or property can't be used to benefit or support any “sect, church, denomination, or system of religion,” either directly or indirectly. «MSNBC, Jul 15»
4
Charismatic Movement Poised for Growth and 2 Other Church …
Ironically, some networks are going to become denominations (or denomination-like). For example, both the Vineyard and Calvary Chapel, ... «Charisma News, Jul 15»
5
Christian Reformed Church Backs UN Climate Change Agenda
With a finite reserve of income from ministry shares, a denomination like ... professor of moral theology at the denomination's seminary, put it in ... «Acton Institute, Jul 15»
6
Disruption arrives in SA's share market - ZARX to become second …
Well, ZAR is the denomination for the Rand in terms of the currency denomination. Most currencies have a three-letter code. For example, USD ... «BizNews, Jul 15»
7
Reform Jews can die for Israel, but not all would be buried as Jews
With its multi-denomination board of partners, the Jewish Agency, said Sharansky, has played a unique role as a “round table” since its ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
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Christians Denounce Osborne's Sunday Trading Proposals
The Church of England has become the first major Christian denomination in Britain to speak out against George Osborne's plans to relax ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
9
Flattening organizations
But we clearly had a notion of who was “in” and who was “out,” and the denomination even had a name (the Plymouth Brethren), which was ... «O'Reilly Radar, Jul 15»
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CAMERA Deplores UCC Vote Targeting Israel with Boycott and …
The denomination has long since ceased to be a vital and vibrant force in American religious practice. It has been hemorrhaging members ever ... «Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, Jul 15»

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