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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There are creedal Americans, cultural Americans, Americans who embrace the country’s diversity and complexity, and Americans who reject it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
His words apply well to the U.S., a creedal nation defined by the lofty sentiments set out on July 4, 1776.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Our creedal nation, Stirewalt says, “requires written words and a common culture in which to understand them.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2022
This is true not just in a creedal or spiritual sense but in a sheer demographic sense.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 21, 2019
All sorts of foolish speculations have been given creedal expression until men have declared, with strange assurance, that man cannot trust his reason or his conscience in any matter.
From Subconscious Religion by Russell H. Conwell
