n. The act of naming: as, Linnæus's denomination of plants.n. A name or appellation; especially, a collective designation.n. A class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect: as, the Methodist denomination.n. Synonyms Appellation, etc. See name, n.n. In any system of reckoning, a class of units of one kind and having a specific name, as tens, hundreds, thousands, etc., in numbers; dollars or cents in values; pounds, hundredweights, tons, etc., in expressing quantity; inches, feet, yards, miles, etc., in measures of length, etc.: as, an issue of paper money of small denomination.