creed

[kreed]
noun
1.
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
2.
any system or codification of belief or of opinion.
3.
an authoritative, formulated statement of the chief articles of Christian belief, as the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, or the Athanasian Creed.
4.
the creed, Apostles' Creed.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English crede, Old English crēda < Latin crēdō I believe; see credo

creed·al, cred·al, adjective
creed·ed, adjective
creed·less, adjective
creed·less·ness, noun
pre·creed, noun


1, 2. faith, conviction, credo, dogma.
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creed (kriːd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a concise, formal statement of the essential articles of Christian belief, such as the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed
2.  any statement or system of beliefs or principles
 
[Old English crēda, from Latin crēdo I believe]
 
'creedal
 
adj
 
'credal
 
adj

Creed (kriːd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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creed
O.E. creda "article or statement of Christian belief," from L. credo "I believe," perhaps from PIE *kerd-dhe- "to believe," lit. "heart to put" (cf. O.Ir. cretim, Ir. creidim, Welsh credu, Skt. crad-dadhami). The first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, broadening 17c. to mean "any statement of
belief."
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Example sentences
But it has always been a mishmash of evolving and often conflicting ideas
  rather than a coherent creed.
But only a few sentences later appears a statement that runs against the
  individualist creed.
Both remain at the core of his creed, and less self-righteously in his case
  than in some others'.
More taxes, not less spending, is their underlying creed.
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