credence

[ kreed-ns ]

/ ˈkrid ns /

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noun

belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim.

something giving a claim to belief or confidence: letter of credence.

Also called credence table, credenza. Ecclesiastical. a small side table, shelf, or niche for holding articles used in the Eucharist service.

Furniture. credenza (def. 1).

OTHER WORDS FOR credence

1 credit, faith, confidence.

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Origin of credence

1300–50; Middle English <Middle French credence<Medieval Latin crēdentia.See credent, -ence

OTHER WORDS FROM credence

non·cre·dence, noun

Words nearby credence

creaturely, CREB, crèche, Crécy, cred, credence, credence table, credendum, credent, credential, credentialism

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How to use credence in a sentence

This was a movement we launched through broad public media-awareness campaigns and advocacy, and it gained credence with technology designers, concerned parents, and students.
Big Tech’s attention economy can be reformed. Here’s how.|Gideon Lichfield|January 10, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Certainly, Brent Leary, lead analyst at CRM Essentials sees Taylor gaining increasing responsibility as time goes along, giving credence to the idea.
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The question is whether it’s substantial enough to launch an effort that gives credence to suspicions that it actually mattered — or could matter.
‘These are not crazy people’: GOP defends its voter-fraud push, ignoring obvious perils|Aaron Blake|December 16, 2020|Washington Post
Media analyst Matthew Ball made the comparison back in March and the latest record-breaking event on Fortnite gives credence to that.
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The study presents another finding that lends credence to these scenarios.
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Oleksiy Kosarev, leader of a local anti-corruption organization, lent some credence to this conception.
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This seemed to give credence to long-held suspicions that there is much less of a gender pay gap than a mommy gap.
How Republicans Can Win the Equal Pay Debate|Keli Goff|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Valente lends some credence to the description of the Ndrangheta being the most powerful organized crime group in the world.
Mafia’s Cocaine-in-a-Can Bust|Michael Daly|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Well, I am the person who gives credence to their bragging that we are a band that is “hard listening.”
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An emergency government announcement appeared to give credence to the story.
When Mars Attacked 75 Years Ago—And Everyone Believed It|Marc Wortman|October 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Gryce surveyed the young man with admiration, but was not yet disposed to yield him entire credence.
The Circular Study|Anna Katharine Green
He heard the bishop's words regarding the King's intention, yet hesitated to give them credence.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue
A credence in ghosts is profound in Japan, and it resembles, in every respect, that which has been so long current in Europe.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman
The only witnesses against her were Janet and Elizabeth Device, neither of whom was worthy of credence.
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Feeling thus, they still placed some credence in any rumors that came.
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British Dictionary definitions for credence

credence

/ (ˈkriːdəns) /

noun

acceptance or belief, esp with regard to the truth of the evidence of othersI cannot give credence to his account

something supporting a claim to belief; recommendation; credential (esp in the phrase letters of credence)

short for credence table

Word Origin for credence

C14: from Medieval Latin crēdentia trust, credit, from Latin crēdere to believe

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