/kri den"zeuh/ , n.
1. Also, credence . a sideboard or buffet, esp. one without legs.
2. a closed cabinet for papers, office supplies, etc., often of desk height and matching the other furniture in an executive's office.
3. Eccles. credence (def. 3).
[ 1875-80; credentia (in ecclesiastical usage) a sideboard for holding sacramental vessels; see CREDENCE ]