denomination

• n. 麵額；名稱；教派

de-, 向下，強調。-nom, 命名，詞源同name. 即命名，同宗教名，教派。

denomination (n.)

late 14c., "a naming, act of giving a name to," from Old French denominacion "nominating, naming," from Latin denominationem (nominative denominatio) "a calling by anything other than the proper name, metonymy," from denominare "to name," from de- "completely" (see de-) + nominare "to name" (see nominate). Meaning "a class" is from mid-15c. Monetary sense is 1650s; meaning "religious sect" is 1716.

1. Acceptance of women preachers varies greatly from denomination to denomination.

在接受女性傳教士的問題上，不同教派的態度大相徑庭。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Litre is a metric denomination.

升是公製單位.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The firm is still operating under another denomination.

這家公司改用了名稱仍在繼續營業.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. What religious denomination does he belong to?

他屬於哪個教派?

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. The U.S. coins of the lowest denomination is the cent.

美國錢幣的最低單位是分.

來自辭典例句