credence table

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noun

a small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison before serving

Christianity a small table or ledge on which the bread, wine, etc, are placed before being consecrated in the Eucharist

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Words nearby credence table

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

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How to use credence table in a sentence

He gets up and goes over to their table and introduces himself, and he says, ‘Hello, I’m Oliver Reed.
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Joel Osteen wants to talk about muting your cell phone at the dinner table.
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A sepia photo shows him as a young boy, head in his hands, with a large book open at a bar table.
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That means any response that could result in physical damage inside North Korea is off the table.
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A table creaking under the weight of a Christmas banquet, a classic celebration of binge eating and drinking.
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
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There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
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Miss Smith immediately rises from the table, puts up her dear little mouth to her papa to be kissed.
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He sighed as he laid the papers on the table; for he thought the task would be a harder one than even his own immolation.
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