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Noun denomination has 3 senses

denomination - a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
--₁ is a kind of nongovernmental organization, NGO
--₁ has members:
congregation, fold, faithful; believer, worshiper, worshipper
--₁ has particulars: communion; Protestant denomination
Derived form: verb denominate₁
denomination - a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations"
--₂ is a kind of class, category, family

Derived form: verb denominate₁
appellation, denomination, designation, appellative - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
--₃ is a kind of name
--₃ has particulars:
street name; nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet; title, title of respect; title

Derived form: verb denominate₁