[kri-den-zuh] 
[kreed-ns] | 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). |
| cre·den·za (krĭ-děn'zə) n.
[Italian, from Medieval Latin crēdentia, trust (possibly from the practice of placing food and drink on a sideboard to be tasted by a servant before being served to ensure that it contained no poison); see credence.] |