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denomination|dɪnɒmɪˈneɪʃən|
[a. OF. denominacion (13th c. in Godef. Suppl.), ad. L. dēnōminātiōn-em, n. of action from dēnōmināre (in cl. Lat. in the sense of ‘calling by another than the proper name, metonymy’).]
1. The action of naming from or after something; giving a name to, calling by a name.
c1400Test. Love ii. (R.), Of whiche worchings and possession of hours, y⊇ daies of the week haue take her names, after denominacion in these seven planets. 1593Norden Spec. Brit., M'sex i. 18 To controul mine obseruations..in regarde of the vncertaine distances, vntrue denominations of places..which (I confesse) are faultes. a1626Bacon Max. & Uses Com. Law xxv. (1636) 89 A farther sort of denomination is to name land by the attendancy they have to other lands more notorious. 1739Hume Hum. Nat. I. i. vii, The reference of the idea to an object being an extraneous denomination. 1860Abp. Thomson Laws Th. §48. 76 Denomination is the imposition of a name that shall serve to recall equally the Genus or Class, and the Common Nature.
†b. A mentioning or specifying by name. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. iii. (1495) 30 By denomynacion of lymmes that ben seen, vnseen werkinges of heuenly inwyttes ben understonde. 1600Hakluyt Voy. (1810) III. 538 Vpon whose denomination I was apprehended for the same words here rehearsed.
2. A characteristic or qualifying name given to a thing or class of things; that which anything is called; an appellation, designation, title.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 267 Storyes expresse that Gallia or Fraunce hathe denominacion of the whitenesse of peple. 1563Homilies ii. Fasting i. (1859) 284 Works..which..are..neither good nor evil, but take their denomination of the use or end whereunto they serve. 1659Pearson Creed (1839) 1 The first word Credo..giveth a denomination to the whole confession of faith, from thence commonly called the Creed. 1778Burke Corr. (1844) II. 217, I most heartily disclaim that, or any other, denomination, incompatible with such sentiments. 1815Scott Guy M. vii, The tribes of gypsies, jockies, or cairds—for by all these denominations such banditti were known. a1871Grote Eth. Fragm. i. (1876) 17 The virtuous man or vicious man of our own age or country, will no longer receive the same denominations if trasferred to a remote climate or a different people.
†b. (See quot.) Obs.
1737Abp. Boulter Lett. II. 234 Five, six, or seven parishes (denominations we commonly call them) bestowed on one incumbent.
3. Arith. A class of one kind of unit in any system of numbers, measures, weights, money, etc., distinguished by a specific name.
c1430Art of Nombrynge (E.E.T.S) 8 And so oft with⁓draw the digit multiplying, vnder the article of his denominacioun. 1542Recorde Gr. Artes (1575) 52 Of the first ternarye, the denomination is vnities, and of the seconde ternarye, the denomination is thousandes. 1557― Whetst. R j b, I will, for ease, turne the other into a fraction of the same denomination. 1594Blundevil Exerc. i. vi. (ed. 7) 19. 1660 Willsford Scales Comm. 9 The price by which 'twas bought, and likewise the rate at which 'twas sold must be reduced into one denomination. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict., Troy Weight, a Weight in which the smallest Denomination is a Grain. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. iv. (1876) 47 When..the paper money is of small denominations. Mod. Reduce the two quantities to the same denomination.
4. A class, sort, or kind (of things or persons) distinguished or distinguishable by a specific name.
1664Power Exp. Philos. iii. 187 Civil dissention..'twixt men of the same denomination and principles. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xxviii. 350 The Country..produceth good Cotton Cloth of several Qualities and Denominations. 1814D. H. O'Brien Captiv. & Escape 154 A punishment equal to six years, with all denominations of malefactors, in the galleys.
5. A collection of individuals classed together under the same name; now almost always spec. a religious sect or body having a common faith and organization, and designated by a distinctive name.
a1716South (J.), Philosophy..has divided it into many sects and denominations; as Stoicks, Peripateticks, Epicureans, and the like. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 195 Who, when he had overcome the sharpness of death..opened the kingdom to heaven to all generations, and to every denomination of the faithful. 1788Franklin Autobiog. Wks. 1887 I. 206 The multitudes of all sects and denominations that attended his sermons. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. III. vi. civ. 496 All denominations are more prone to emotionalism in religion..than in England or Scotland. |