creed

[ kreed ]

/ krid /

noun

any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.

any system or codification of belief or of opinion.

an authoritative, formulated statement of the chief articles of Christian belief, as the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, or the Athanasian Creed.

the creed. Apostles' Creed.

Origin of creed

before 1000; Middle English crede, Old English crēda < Latin crēdō I believe; see credo

SYNONYMS FOR creed

1, 2 faith, conviction, credo, dogma.

SEE SYNONYMS FOR creed ON THESAURUS.COM

OTHER WORDS FROM creed

creed·al, cred·al, adjective creed·ed, adjective creed·less, adjective creed·less·ness, noun

pre·creed, noun

Words nearby creed

credo, credulity, credulous, credé's method, cree, creed, creek, creek war, creel, creeley, creep

Example sentences from the Web for creed

“Basically, Scott was a cool, normal guy,” former Creed sound engineer Kirk Kelsey told Rolling Stone.

Creed Singer Scott Stapp’s Fall From Grace: From 40 Million Albums Sold to Living in a Holiday Inn |Marlow Stern |November 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Listening to Creed is perhaps his way of saying, “Forget everything you think you know about music, and start with a blank slate.”

Jenny Lewis on 'The Voyager,' the End of Rilo Kiley, and High School Classmate Angelina Jolie |Marlow Stern |August 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
With every race and creed of the the world paddling on a lake in Queens, I was eager to see how a team can win or lose.

Bros Love Dragon Boats |Daniel Genis |August 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Indeed, every Assassin's Creed game—aside from a small segment of one—has had a man as its center.

Video Games Need More Than Damsels and Dames |Tauriq Moosa |June 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The council concluded with the emperor Constantine insisting that the bishops come to an agreement over the wording of the creed.

Plotting Nicea III Could Be Pope Francis's Masterstroke |Candida Moss |June 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Her creed must arise from her own instinctive and intuitive impressions.

Idolatry |Julian Hawthorne
To go forth and be great in commerce by deserting his creed would have been nothing to him.

Nina Balatka |Anthony Trollope
In the schools everything that might be offensive to any creed was to be omitted from the curriculum.

History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) |Heinrich Graetz
But what can be more consistent with the principles and professions of the New-Light creed?

Quodlibet |John P. Kennedy
Philip's orders had arrived: no Englishman of any creed or kind was to be allowed to trade in his West India dominions.

English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century |James Anthony Froude

British Dictionary definitions for creed (1 of 2)

creed

/ (kriːd) /

noun

a concise, formal statement of the essential articles of Christian belief, such as the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed

any statement or system of beliefs or principles

Derived forms of creed

creedal or credal, adjective

Word Origin for creed

Old English crēda, from Latin crēdo I believe

British Dictionary definitions for creed (2 of 2)

Creed

/ (kriːd) /

noun

Frederick. 1871–1957, Canadian inventor, resident in Scotland from 1897, noted for his invention of the teleprinter, first used in 1912

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

creed

noun

Origin of creed

SYNONYMS FOR creed

OTHER WORDS FROM creed

Words nearby creed

Example sentences from the Web for creed

British Dictionary definitions for creed (1 of 2)

noun

Derived forms of creed

Word Origin for creed

British Dictionary definitions for creed (2 of 2)

noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

creed

noun

Origin of creed

SYNONYMS FOR creed

OTHER WORDS FROM creed

Words nearby creed

Words related to creed

Example sentences from the Web for creed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []) .push({}); British Dictionary definitions for creed (1 of 2)

noun

Derived forms of creed

Word Origin for creed

British Dictionary definitions for creed (2 of 2)

noun

British Dictionary definitions for creed (1 of 2)