creed

[kreed]

noun

1. any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.

   Synonyms: dogma, credo, conviction, faith

2. any system or codification of belief or of opinion.

   Synonyms: dogma, credo, conviction, faith

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.

creed

¹

/ kriːd /

noun

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

Creed

²

/ kriːd /

noun

1. Frederick. 1871–1957, Canadian inventor, resident in Scotland from 1897, noted for his invention of the teleprinter, first used in 1912

Other Word Forms

• creedal adjective
• credal adjective
• creeded adjective
• creedless adjective
• creedlessness noun
• precreed noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of creed¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English crede, Old English crēda, from Latin crēdō “I believe”; credo

Word History and Origins

Origin of creed¹

Old English crēda, from Latin crēdo I believe

Example Sentences

Inside Yemen, an impoverished nation of 40 million, Al-Houthi rules through a combination of religious inspiration and repression of those who don’t follow his radical creed.

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The “antique religions,” Robertson Smith wrote, weren’t built on beliefs and creeds but “institutions and practices” that created a “solidarity of the gods and their worshippers as part of one organic society.”

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“Greg shares the Berkshire creed that a ‘report’ is what a Berkshire CEO annually owes to owners.

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The membership is neighborliness elevated to a creed.

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When Garland finally agreed to do so, he requested only that the funds be disbursed “as quickly as possible, and to ‘unpopular’ causes, without regard to race, creed, or color.”

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Related Words

• doctrine 
• dogma 
• faith 
• ideology 
• persuasion 
• profession 
• religion 
• tenet