Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-NOM-IN-A'TION
DE-NOM'IN-A-TINGDE-NOM-IN-A'TION-AL
DE-NOM-IN-A'TION, n.
- The act of naming.
- A name or appellation; a vocal sound, customarily used to express a thing or a quality, in discourse; as, all men fall under the denomination of sinners; actions fall under the denomination of good or bad.
- A class, society or collection of individuals, called by the same name; as, a denomination of Christians.
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