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credence table

[kreed-ns]

cre·dence

[kreed-ns]
noun
1.
belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim.
2.
something giving a claim to belief or confidence: letter of credence.
3.
Also called credence table, credenza. Ecclesiastical. a small side table, shelf, or niche for holding articles used in the Eucharist service.
4.
Furniture. credenza (def. 1).

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French credence < Medieval Latin crēdentia. See credent, -ence

non·cre·dence, noun


1. credit, faith, confidence.

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credence table
 
n
1.  a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving
2.  Christianity a small table or ledge on which the bread, wine, etc, are placed before being consecrated in the Eucharist

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