credo

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9
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5
Pronunciation
/ˈkɹidəʊ/(UK)
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/ˈkɹidəʊ/(UK) · /ˈkɹeɪdəʊ/(UK) · /ˈkɹidoʊ/(US) · /ˈkɹeɪdoʊ/(US)

Definition of credo

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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.”
  2. The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
    “Credo III is so beautiful!”
    “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 […]”

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Etymology

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

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