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[kree-doh, krey-]

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noun, plural -dos.

(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' creed or the Nicene Creed.

(often initial capital letter) a musical setting of the creed, usually of the Nicene Creed.

any creed or formula of belief.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English < Latin: literally, I believe; first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds in Latin

Synonyms
3. doctrine, tenet, philosophy.

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Example Sentences

In the seamy world of jailhouse informers, treachery has long been their credo and favors from jailers their reward.

Yet he seems quite convinced that the expansionist credo he once heard from an extremist settler is also, secretly, state policy.

Io credo che le nostre radici globali risiedono nella musica con cui siamo cresciuti.

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In the seamy world of jailhouse informers, treachery has long been their credo and favors from jailers their reward.

Yet he seems quite convinced that the expansionist credo he once heard from an extremist settler is also, secretly, state policy.

Io credo che le nostre radici globali risiedono nella musica con cui siamo cresciuti.

These theorists' credo is that technology already threatens our age-old notions of privacy.

The credo is unclear about what happens when there is a conflict between responsible action and long-term profit.

No respectable religion or political credo says it is a sin to seek a better life, still less to escape persecution.

Some claim a credo can help to galvanise an electorate bored by consensual centrism.

His criticism is a kind of credo for the modern world.

Use your imagination, don't recite your business school credo.

Staying in power is the party's only credo now that revolution has been jettisoned.

Yet their credo of anti-nationalism carries risks too.

Their socialist credo is: businessmen are greedy, profit is evil, wealth is always ill gotten and must be redistributed.

It has also been the hockey credo for anybody in the stands who got hit by a flying puck.

In the religious drawings on display here, his artistic and spiritual credo is worked out in a highly personal way.

But having grown up under the credo that information should be free, they see no reason to pay for news.

Most philosophical movements can be defined by some shared credo or joint intellectual hero championed by all its members.

Wetli drew heavy fire for the way he carried out the medical examiner's credo of learning from the dead to help the living.

He was a maverick who was never complacent, never accepted mediocrity and made it his credo to always question.

Watson can come closer to formulating a relatively risk-free theater credo of consistency and purpose.

Siv's family-first credo may have been heard countless times through.

Nothing in the scouting credo could have helped this young girl to prepare for what fate had in store.

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credo (ˈkriːdəʊ, ˈkreɪ-)

—n , pl -dos
	any formal or authorized statement of beliefs, principles, or opinions

Credo (ˈkriːdəʊ, ˈkreɪ-)

—n , pl -dos
1.	the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed
2.	a musical setting of the Creed

[C12: from Latin, literally: I believe; first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds]

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Word Origin & History

credo

c.1175, from L., lit. "I believe" (see creed).

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"For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey."

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