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creed

noun
/kɹiːd/UK/kɹid/US

Etymology

From Middle English crede, from Old English crēda, crēdo, from Latin crēdō (“to believe”), from Proto-Italic *krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, i.e., to trust, believe”), a compound phrase of the oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”). Creed is cognate with Old Irish creitid (“to believe”), Sanskrit श्रद्दधाति (śráddadhāti, “to have faith or faithfulness, to have belief or confidence, believe”).

  1. derived from *ḱréddʰh₁eti✻
  2. derived from *krezdō✻
  3. derived from crēdō
  4. inherited from crēda
  5. inherited from crede

Definitions

  1. That which is believed

    That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.

    • Oh! who young Leila's glance could read / And keep that portion of his creed / Which saith, that woman is but dust, / A soulless toy for tyrant's lust?
    • Man, being the child of imitation, has a general tendency in life and in religion to follow the creed and tastes of his fathers, whether in the ways of wisdom or folly—perhaps more readily in the latter.

  2. A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents

    A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.

    • A creed is a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs

  3. The fact of believing

    The fact of believing; belief, faith.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To believe

      To believe; to credit.

      • Only this I marvelled, and other men have since, whenas I, in a ſubject ſo new to this age, and ſo hazardous to pleaſe, concealed not my name, why this author, defending that part which is ſo creeded by the people, would conceal his.
      • And ſo, no doubt, were his other Preferments as acceptable, which did require ſuch Athanaſsian Subſcriptions, &c. and which he in an Athanaſian Form ſubſcrib'd, creeded, and worſhip'd for till his dying-day.
      • 'I was n't for creeding me awn e'en,' believing my own eyes.

    2. To provide with a creed.

      • The poor like Priests—Priests utilise the poor; / High Church the common people feeding / Exclaims—"You Low Church indolents observe / How we go about leavening and creeding!"
      • Especially in the studies of religions less creeded than Christianity scholars have long insisted on the importance in religion of sacred stories.

    3. A surname from Old English.

    4. A male given name.

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Derived

Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, creedal, creeded, creedism, creedless, creedsman, miscreed, multicreed, Nicene Creed

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