DENOMINATION, noun 1. The act of naming. 2. A name or appellation; a vocal sound, customarily used to express a thing or a quality, in discourse; as, all man fall under the denomination of sinners; actions fall under the denomination of good or bad. 3. A class, society or collection of individuals, called by the same name; as a denomination of christians.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI