denomination

«denomination» in Mova's school dictionary: one of the separate groups or branches of a religion… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a denomination, denominations)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A denomination is one of the separate groups or branches of a religion, especially Christianity, such as Catholic, Anglican, Methodist or Baptist. tree →

2) (money, maths) The value printed on a coin or banknote: a five-pound note and a ten-pound note are different denominations. tree →

3) (formal) A name or kind of unit. tree →

sense in the lessons

In religious education pupils learn that Christians belong to different denominations that share beliefs about Jesus but worship in different ways. In maths and money problems, «denomination» means the value of coins and notes. Phrases: «Christian denominations», «coins of every denomination», «notes in small denominations».

examples

• Methodists and Baptists are two Christian denominations. tree →
• Our town has churches of many denominations. tree →
• The bank gave Dad the money in small denominations. tree →
• Coins come in denominations such as 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p. tree →
• Which denomination is the biggest coin you have? tree →
• Christians of all denominations came to the joint service. tree →
• The machine accepts notes of every denomination. tree →
• In a police-office, consequently, we find copying-clerks among many other scribes of various denominations, of which, it seems, our hero was one. tree →

note

Countable, formal. Adjective: denominational («a non-denominational school»). Do not confuse with «denominator», the bottom number of a fraction. Maths: knowing denominations helps you make change, e.g. 50p = two 20p coins + one 10p coin.

In the corpora

• Christians belong to different families of churches called denominations; they share the same core beliefs but have different traditions and ways of organising.
• Denominations are different families of Christian churches with the same core beliefs but different traditions.
• Non-denominational and free churches are independent churches not part of a larger denomination.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «denomination» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.