creed (noun)
1creed — ► NOUN 1) a system of religious belief; a faith. 2) a statement of beliefs or principles; a credo. ORIGIN from Latin credo I believe …
2creed — noun (C) 1 a set of beliefs or principles: the Marxist Leninist creed | people of every creed (=all different religious beliefs) 2 the Creed a formal statement of belief spoken in certain Christian churches …
3creed — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ political, religious VERB + CREED ▪ adopt, embrace ▪ Other countries have adopted this political creed enthusiastically. ▪ …
4creed — [ krid ] noun count FORMAL a set of religious beliefs: People of all races, colors, and creeds have to live together. a. a set of beliefs about how people should live or behave: a radical political creed …
5creed — noun 1) people of many creeds and cultures Syn: faith, religion, religious belief, religious persuasion, church, denomination, sect 2) his political creed Syn: system of belief, set of beliefs, beliefs, principles …
6creed — noun 1) people of many creeds Syn: faith, religion, belief, religious persuasion 2) his political creed Syn: beliefs, principles, articles of faith, ideology, credo …
7creed — noun Etymology: Middle English crede, from Old English crēda, from Latin credo (first word of the Apostles and Nicene Creeds), from credere to believe, trust, entrust; akin to Old Irish cretid he believes, Sanskrit śrad dadhāti Date: before 12th… …
8creed — noun 1》 a system of religious belief; a faith. ↘a formal statement of Christian beliefs. 2》 a credo. Origin OE, from L. credo …
9creed — UK [kriːd] / US [krɪd] noun [countable] Word forms creed : singular creed plural creeds formal a) a set of religious beliefs People of all races, colours, and creeds have to live together. b) a set of beliefs about how people should live or… …
10creed — /krid / (say kreed) noun 1. any system of belief or of opinion. 2. an accepted system of religious belief. 3. any formula of religious belief, as of a denomination. 4. the Apostles Creed. 5. an authoritative formulated statement of the chief… …
