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
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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:
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| credoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| credos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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)