creed
creed is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to. I love him not, nor fear him; there's my creed. Shak. Apostles' creed, Athanasian creed, Nicene creed. See under Apostle, Athanasian, Nicene.
- 2.To believe; to credit. [Obs.] That part which is so creeded by the people. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- article
- belief
- believer
- body
- canonist
- catholic
- collective
- community
- confession
- declaration
- denomination
- denominational
- divine
- divinity
- doctrine
- evangelical
- faith
- faithful
- hagiography
- hagiology
- hyperorthodoxy
- iconoclasm
- monotheism
- monotheistic
- mystery
- natural
- nine
- once
- orthodox
- orthodoxy
- persuasion
- profession
- religion
- religious
- schismless
- scholastic
- schoolman
- scriptural
- sect
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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