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credo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹeɪdəʊ/ (UK)
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  • /ˈkɹidəʊ/ (UK)
  • /ˈkɹidoʊ/ (US)
  • /ˈkɹeɪdoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English credo, from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“to believe”); doublet of creed.

Meanings

  1. A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
    • “You’re either with me or you’re against me” became Dany’s credo, and those against her were an ever-changing multitude to be determined solely by her whims. 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:
  2. The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
    • Until the mid-1970s, however, most Catholic hymnals contained at least one musical setting of the creed […] By the 1980s hymnals having sung credos were mainly those devoted to "traditional" styles of church music […] 1996, Pastoral Music, volume 21, page 12:
    • Credo III is so beautiful!

Forms

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credoes Number=Plur lexicographic
credos Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

credobaptist

Translations (16)

de Kredo (belief system) · fo trúarjáttan (belief system) · bg кредо (belief system) · bg верую (belief system) · yi אַני־מאמין (belief system) · fr crédo (belief system) · pt credo (belief system) · fa مرام (belief system) · de Credo (belief system) · fa باور (belief system) · mk верују (belief system) · ru кре́до (belief system) · pl kredo (belief system) · pl credo (belief system) · fo kredda (belief system) · hu krédó (belief system)