credentials

[kri-den-shuhl] Origin

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.

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Credentials is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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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credentials
"letters entitling the bearer to certain credit or confidence," 1670s, from credential (q.v.).
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