credo

noun

/ˈkɹidəʊ/UK/ˈkɹidoʊ/US

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English credo, from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“to believe”); doublet of creed.

1
A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system
A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
- “You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims.
2
The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use…
The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
- Credo III is so beautiful!
- Until the mid-1970s, however, most Catholic hymnals contained at least one musical setting of the creed […] By the 1980s hymnals having sung credos were mainly those devoted to "traditional" styles of church music […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA