credance

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credance

  1. Alternative form of credence

Old French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From credre +‎ -ance, cf. Late Latin credentia.

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Noun[edit]

credance oblique singularf (oblique plural credances, nominative singular credance, nominative plural credances)

  1. (early Old French) faith; belief; trust
    • Mid-11th Century, La Vie de Saint Alexis:
      Si ert credance dont or n'i at nul prot.
      Indeed there was trust, which there is little left of now.

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