Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By denomination.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By denomination.
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- adverb By
denomination .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Consequently, Burley claims that in the act of referring one substance to another we can distinguish five constitutive elements: (1) the relation itself (e.g., the form of paternity); (2) the substrate of the relation, i.e., the substance that denominatively receives the name of the relation (the animal which begets another similar to itself);
Walter Burley Conti, Alessandro 2004
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Hence, since we say "lordly" denominatively from lord, it cannot truly and properly be said that this Man is lordly, but rather that He is Lord.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Now "God" and "Lord" are predicated essentially of the Son of God; and hence they ought not to be predicated denominatively, since this is derogatory to the truth of the union.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Hence with like reason may it be said denominatively that this man is lordly.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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