credenza

[kri-den-zuh]

cre·den·za

[kri-den-zuh]
noun
1.
Also, credence. a sideboard or buffet, especially one without legs.
2.
a closed cabinet for papers, office supplies, etc., often of desk height and matching the other furniture in an executive's office.
3.
Ecclesiastical. credence (def. 3).

Origin:
1875–80; < Italian < Medieval Latin crēdentia (in ecclesiastical usage) a sideboard for holding sacramental vessels; see credence
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Credenza is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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credenza (krɪˈdɛnzə)
 
n
another name for credence table
 
[Italian: see credence]

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