denomination
n. countablen. a specific branch or group within a larger religion. It can also mean the value of a piece of money, like a ten-dollar bill.
n. a recognised autonomous branch of a larger religious group. Also refers to the face value of a banknote, coin, or postage stamp.
The church belongs to a large Protestant denomination.
The vending machine only accepts coins of a specific denomination, so I had to find a smaller change.
While the two groups share a common theological heritage, each denomination maintains distinct liturgical practices and administrative structures that prevent a full institutional merger.
From Middle English denominacioun, from Old French denominacion, from Latin dēnōminātiō. By surface analysis, denominate + -ion.
Commonly used in religious contexts to distinguish sects, or in financial contexts to specify currency values.