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The act of ominating; presaging. [Obs.] Fuller.

extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.

Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.

Paronomasia; punning.

A cognomen or surname. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons. Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime. Burke.

Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. "Denominational differences." Buckle.

A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.

One imbued with a denominational spirit. The Century.

In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.

The nomination or designation of candidates for public office by direct popular vote rather than through the action of a convention or body of elected nominating representatives or delegates. The term is applied both to the nomination of candidates without any nominating convention, and, loosely, to the nomination effe…

emacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway. In such a people, the haugtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom. Burke.

Occurring between or among, or common to, different denominations; as, interdenominational fellowship or belief.

on as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated. The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. Clarendon.

The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance. W. Browne.

The act of prenominating; privilege of being named first. Sir T. Browne.

To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [Amer.] Bartlett.

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.

A soldier armed with an arquebus. Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge.

Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts.