Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A creed.
- noun The Apostles' Creed.
- noun The Nicene Creed, especially as the third item of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.
- noun The musical setting of the Nicene Creed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The creed in the service of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- noun A musical setting of the creed, usually in canon or fugue form. It comes between the Gloria and the Sanctus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
belief system .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any system of principles or beliefs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Die hard fans of Ms. Steel will enjoy ONE DAY AT A TIME as Coco must learn to follow the title credo if she is to have any chance at happiness.
One Day at a Time-Danielle Steel « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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Still, another term that describes faith is creed, a system of beliefs, from the Latin "credo" -- I believe.
Maimonides who? Why Americans fail basic religion tests Alexandra Petri 2010
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This may be seen in what she called her credo, a sentence or two from which will indicate her type of thought.
Unitarianism in America George Willis Cooke 1885
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Forgive me if my linguistic assumption is incorrect, but the word creed comes from the Latin "credo" or some form of the word.
Archive 2006-01-01 Francis 2006
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For those familiar with either Latin or the Nicene Creed, "credo" is the beginning of the Nicene Creed and has the meaning of "I believe."
Leavetaking of the Feast of the Theophany Francis 2006
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Forgive me if my linguistic assumption is incorrect, but the word creed comes from the Latin "credo" or some form of the word.
Leavetaking of the Feast of the Theophany Francis 2006
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For those familiar with either Latin or the Nicene Creed, "credo" is the beginning of the Nicene Creed and has the meaning of "I believe."
Archive 2006-01-01 Francis 2006
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And this credo is rarely as true elsewhere as it is in shôjo manga.
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And this credo is rarely as true elsewhere as it is in shôjo manga.
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And this credo is rarely as true elsewhere as it is in shôjo manga.
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