creed

English

Etymology

From Old English credo, crede, Old English creda, from Latin credo (“I believe”), from credere (“to believe”); akin to Old Irish cretim (“I believe”), and Sanskrit रद्दध्मि (raddadhmi); crat (“trust”) + dh (“to put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɹiːd/, SAMPA: /"kri:d/

  Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

Wikipedia Wikipedia creed (plural creeds)

1. That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
2. A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a definite summary of what is believed; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive.
   • A creed is a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs
3. (rare) The fact of believing; belief, faith.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:

     The precipice she stood on was immense, / So was her creed in her own innocence.

Derived terms

• Apostles' Creed
• Athanasian Creed
• Nicene Creed

Related terms

terms related to creed

credible credibility credit creditable

creditor credence credential credo

Translations

that which is believed

Bulgarian: вероизповедание (bg) (veroizpovédanie) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 教義 (zh), 教义 (zh) (jiàoyì), 信條 (zh), 信条 (zh) (xìntiáo) Czech: vyznání (cs) n. Dutch: geloofsovertuiging f. Finnish: usko (fi), oppi (fi) French: crédo (fr) m. German: Credo (de) n., Kredo (de) n. Greek: δόγμα (el) (dógma) n., πίστη (el) (pisti) f., πιστεύω (el) (pistevo) n. Hebrew: דָּת (he) (dat)

Italian: credo (it) m. Japanese: 教義 (ja) (きょうぎ, kyōgi) Norwegian: tro (no) m. Persian: khrad m. Romanian: credință (ro) Russian: кредо (ru) (krédo) n. (indeclinable), (faith) вера (ru) (véra) f., (religion) вероисповедание (ru) (veroispovédanije) n. Spanish: credo (es) m. Swedish: tro (sv) c., lära (sv) c., troslära (sv) c.

reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents

Bulgarian: кредо (bg) n., верую (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 信條 (zh), 信条 (zh) (xìntiáo) Czech: krédo (cs) n. Dutch: geloofsbelijdenis (nl) f., credo (nl) n. Esperanto: kredo (eo) Finnish: uskontunnustus

French: crédo (fr) m. German: Glaubensbekenntnis (de) n. Icelandic: trúarjátning (is) f. Japanese: 信条 (ja) (しんじょう, shinjō) Norwegian: trosbekjennelse (no) m. Russian: кредо (ru) (krédo) n. (indeclinable) Spanish: credo (es) m.

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Maori: mano

Romanian: crez n.

Verb

creed (third-person singular simple present creeds, present participle creeding, simple past and past participle creeded)

1. To believe; to credit.

Translations

believe

Bulgarian: вярвам (bg) Dutch: geloven (nl)

Norwegian: tro (no) Serbo-Croatian: kredo (sh), vjeruju (sh)

References

• creed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• creed in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Spanish

Verb

creed (infinitive creer)

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of creer.