denominationnoun
uk/dɪˌnɒm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/dɪˌnɑː.məˈneɪ.ʃən/denomination noun (RELIGIOUS GROUP)
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a religious group that has slightly different beliefs from other groups that share the same religion:
Protestantism and Roman Catholicism are both denominations of the Christian faith.
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Christian denominations
- Anglican
- Anglo-Catholic
- Bible-basher
- C of E
- Calvinist
- Coptic
- denominational
- ecclesiastical
- ecumenical
- evangelical
- evangelize
- kirk
- Low Church
- Lutheran
- Methodism
- non-denominational
- the Reformation
- the Sally Army
- the Salvation Army
- Unitarian
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denomination noun (VALUE)
[ C ] a unit of value, especially of money:
It always takes time to get used to the different denominations of coins when you go to a foreign country.
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Currencies
- ariary
- bitcoin
- coinage
- colon
- convertible
- cryptocurrency
- decimal currency
- denominate
- dinar
- dirham
- drachma
- faller
- franc
- guilder
- krona
- lira
- peseta
- rial
- yuan
- zloty
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