creed
noun
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
creedal
-
a word derived from
creed.
Example Sentences
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Not once in my childhood or adolescence did I ever think of my American identity or anybody else’s as creedal, nor did I meet anybody who thought this way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Our idea of religion is a by-blow of the Reformation, a Protestant concept foregrounding a personal state of mind and creedal beliefs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Our creedal nation, Stirewalt says, “requires written words and a common culture in which to understand them.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2022
But, while neither was a creedal Christian, both men were monotheists, and, like John Locke, their ideas about tolerance generally extended only to those who believed in a higher power.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 22, 2018
From the beginning until now the faith of Christian people has been primarily directed, not to a set of abstract principles, nor to a set of creedal definitions, but to a Person.
From Christianity and Progress by Harry Emerson Fosdick
