a branch of the Christian Church （基督教）教派，宗派 a unit of value, especially of money （尤指钱的）面额，面值 coins and banknotes of various denominations 各种面额的硬币和纸币
Word Originlate Middle English originally referring to the action of classifying something: from Latin denominatio(n-), from the verb denominare, from de- ‘away, formally’ + nominare ‘to name’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 17th cent.