cre·den·tial

[kri-den-shuhl]
noun
1.
Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
2.
anything that provides the basis for confidence, belief, credit, etc.
verb (used with object), cre·den·tialed, cre·den·tial·ing or especially British, cre·den·tialled, cre·den·tial·ling.
3.
to grant credentials to, especially educational and professional ones: She has been credentialed to teach math.
adjective
4.
providing the basis for confidence, belief, credit, etc.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English credencial < Medieval Latin crēdenti(a) credence + -al1

un·cre·den·tialed, adjective
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credential (krɪˈdɛnʃəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
2.  (plural) a letter or certificate giving evidence of the bearer's identity or competence
 
adj
3.  entitling one to confidence, authority, etc
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin crēdentia credit, trust; see credence]
 
cre'dentialed
 
adj

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Credentials is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Word Origin & History

credential
1520s (adj.), from M.L. credentia (see credence) + -al (1). As a noun, attested from 1756. Related: Credentialled.

credentials
"letters entitling the bearer to certain credit or confidence," 1670s, from credential (q.v.).
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Example sentences
The replies were then culled for appropriate credentials and then tabulated.
If you want to pursue work in academia, then you must have both teaching and
  publishing credentials.
What credentials can you present to demonstrate that you have a right to be as
  intellectually arrogant as you are.
Many wonder whether his clean-government drive is intended to burnish his
  credentials in a looming struggle for power.
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