CREED


Meaning of CREED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkrēd ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English crede, from Old English crēda, from Latin credo (first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds), from credere to believe, trust, entrust; akin to Old Irish cretid he believes, Sanskrit śrad-dadhāti

Date: before 12th century

1. : a brief authoritative formula of religious belief

2. : a set of fundamental beliefs ; also : a guiding principle

• creed·al or cre·dal ˈkrē-d ə l adjective

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