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creed¹
- /kɹiːd/ UK
- /kɹid/ US
Rhymes with -iːd
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English crede, from Old English crēda, borrowed from Latin crēdō (“to believe”), from Proto-Italic *kresdō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱréddʰeh₁ti (“to believe, trust”), from earlier *ḱérddʰeh₁ti, from *ḱḗr (“heart”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to place”) + *-ti.
Cognate with Old Irish creitid (“to believe”), Sanskrit श्रद्दधाति (śráddadhāti, “to have faith or faithfulness, to have belief or confidence, believe”).
noun creeds
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That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
Holonyms: belief system, cosmology
Similar: dogma
- A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive. A creed is a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs
- The fact of believing; belief, faith. Oh love! how perfect is thy mystic art, / Strengthening the weak, and trampling on the strong, / How self-deceitful is the sagest part / Of mortals whom thy lure hath led along— / The precipice she stood on was immense, / So was her creed in her own innocence.
verb creeds · creeding · creeded
- To believe; to credit. Only this I marvelled, and other men have since, whenas I, in a ſubject ſo new to this age, and ſo hazardous to pleaſe, concealed not my name, why this author, defending that part which is ſo creeded by the people, would conceal his.
- To provide with a creed. The poor like Priests—Priests utilise the poor; / High Church the common people feeding / Exclaims—"You Low Church indolents observe / How we go about leavening and creeding!"
Creed²
- /kɹiːd/
Where it comes from
From the Old English personal name Creoda.
proper noun Creeds
- A surname from Old English.
- A male given name.
Creed³
- /kɹiːd/
Where it comes from
Ellipsis of Apostles' Creed.
proper noun the Creed
- The Apostles' Creed. He also repeated the Creed, but in a broken and stammering manner, for when he came to the words "I believe in the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting," he pronounced them in so hoarse and indistinct a voice that no one could rightly hear and understand him.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gospel, credo, church doctrine, religious doctrine, doctrine, religious, religion, worship, ideology, tenet, dogma, dogmatic, conscience, belief, affiliation, faith
Translations
Every language
noun that which is believed
| Español | credo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 교의 gyoui |
| 日本語 | 教義 kyōgi |
| 中文 | 教義 /教义 jiàoyì, 信條 /信条 xìntiáo |
| Português | crença, credo |
| Français | crédo |
| Deutsch | Credo, Kredo, Glaubensbekenntnis |
| Italiano | credo |
| Ελληνικά | δόγμα dógma, πίστη písti |
| Română | credință |
| Русский | кре́до krédo, ве́ра véra, вероиспове́дание veroispovédanije, конфе́ссия konféssija |
| Tiếng Việt | tín điều |
| العربية | عَقِيدَة ʕaqīda |
| עברית | דָּת dat |
Talk about this word "creed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/creed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. creed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/creed "creed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/creed.Cite this
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title = {creed},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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