credential

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Mediaeval Latin credentialis (“‘giving authority’”), from credentia (“‘trust’”)

[edit] Adjective

credential

  1. of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority

[edit] Translations

pertaining to authority

[edit] Noun

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Singular
credential

Plural
credentials

credential (plural credentials)

  1. (chiefly in plural) Documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
    May I see your credentials, please?

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document of authority

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to credential

Third person singular
credentials

Simple past
credentialed or credentialled

Past participle
[[credentialed or credentialled]]

Present participle
credentialing or credentialing

to credential (third-person singular simple present credentials, present participle credentialing or credentialing, simple past and past participle credentialed or credentialled)

  1. To furnish with credentials.
    • 1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education[1], ISBN 0226336514, page 138:
      School superintendents, principals, and teachers are currently credentialed only by the state.
    • 2009 March 7, By Patrick Walters, “Rudd orders worldwide push for UN seat”, Herald Sun:
      The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.

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