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Originally Posted by DistantStar
Because Wikipedia is a better source than Oxford and Merriam Webster?
That definition isn't even in the Wikipedia article. Are you lying to us?
Edit: I see the definition above this one you took from Wikipedia. So I assume this one is once again your own definition? Also funny how there are no sources given for this statement in Wikipedia.
You are beginning to reveal the LC's true colours. Keep it up.
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Here's another one to educate yourself better with (emphasis mine, in bold)
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=denomination
denomination (n.) Look up denomination at Dictionary.com
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.
So we see that a denomination is a group which calls itself by something other than the proper name.
To argue that denomination does not mean the same thing as denominate, is clutching at straws to say the least.