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noun

Credence n.

Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence. "To give credence to the Scripture miracles." "An assertion which might easily find credence."

That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.

(Eccl.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.

A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.

verb

Credence v. t. To give credence to; to believe. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Credence'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Credence" Quotes from Famous Books

... any one else should even for a moment attach credence to the monstrous suggestion that capitalists fomented America's entrance into the war because they feared that otherwise the amounts loaned by them to the Allies might be jeopardized or lost, is a truly distressing manifestation of the willingness of some of our people—I trust not many—to believe ...

— War Taxation - Some Comments and Letters • Otto H. Kahn

... Cervera's division never possessed. The length of its passage across the Atlantic, however increased by the embarrassment of frequently recoaling the torpedo destroyers, so far over-passed the extreme calculations of our naval authorities, that ready credence was given to an apparently authentic report that it had returned to Spain; the more so that such concentration was strategically correct, and it was incorrect to adventure an important detachment so far from home, without the reinforcement it might have received in Cadiz. ...

— Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles • Alfred T. Mahan

... servant of the vicomte's, and it was a source of pleasure to him to point out any thing to the ladies that he thought might prove interesting. This was the man who so diligently read the Moniteur, giving a religious credence to all it contained. He fancied no hand so worthy to hold fabrics of such exquisite fineness as that of Mademoiselle Adrienne, and it was through his assiduity that I had the honor of being first placed within the gentle pressure of her beautiful little fingers. ...

— Autobiography of a Pocket-Hankerchief • James Fenimore Cooper

... given up her 'stupid plan,' as the other party was no longer free. As she slily added to me that she had devised her project merely to be able to come into my house with my young wife and to resume her motherly care over me, and as this was evidently the truth, I also gave credence to the invention that Ellen had left a betrothed lover in America, who was about to appear in Eden Vale. 'Only think, Ellen never made this confession until I approached her with my plan of getting her married! It is very lucky that you, my boy, care nothing for ...

— Freeland - A Social Anticipation • Theodor Hertzka

... been foolish enough for a young woman with a small living income to cultivate roses or violets or lavender, but this would at least have been poetic, while the arduous tilling of a soil where the only plants were little people 'all in a row' was something beyond credence. ...

— Marm Lisa • Kate Douglas Wiggin

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