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creed

creed or cre.dal \'kre-d\ \'kre-d-*l\ n [ME crede, fr. OE cre-da, fr. L 
   credo (first word of the A]postles' and Nicene Creeds), fr. credere to 
   believe, trust, entrust; akin to OIr cretim I believe, Skt s'rad-dadha-ti 
   he believes 1: a brief authoritative formula of religious belies  2: a set 
   of fundamental beliefs  - cre.edal aj