creed
noun
1 creed
Any system of principles or beliefs.
synonym: credo.
Roget 484:
belief;
credence;
credit;
assurance;
faith,
trust,
troth,
confidence,
presumption,
sanguine expectation
etc.
(hope)
858;
dependence on,
reliance on.
persuasion,
conviction,
convincement†,
plerophory†,
self-conviction;
certainty
etc.
474;
opinion,
mind,
view;
conception,
thinking;
impression
etc.
(idea)
453;
surmise
etc.
514;
conclusion
etc.
(judgment)
480.
tenet,
dogma,
principle,
way of thinking;
popular belief
etc.
(assent)
488.
firm belief,
implicit belief,
settled belief,
fixed rooted deep-rooted belief,
staunch belief,
unshaken belief,
steadfast belief,
inveterate belief,
calm belief,
sober belief,
dispassionate belief,
impartial belief,
well-founded belief,
firm opinion,
implicit opinion,
settled opinion,
fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion,
staunch opinion,
unshaken opinion,
steadfast opinion,
inveterate opinion,
calm opinion,
sober opinion,
dispassionate opinion,
impartial opinion,
well-founded opinion
&c.;
uberrima fides [Lat.].
system of opinions,
school,
doctrine,
articles,
canons;
article of faith,
declaration of faith,
profession of faith;
tenets,
credenda†,
creed;
thirty-nine articles
etc.
(orthodoxy)
983.1;
catechism;
assent
etc.
488;
propaganda
etc.
(teaching)
537.
credibility
etc.
(probability)
472.
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Roget 983:
theology
(natural and revealed);
theogony†,
theosophy;
divinity;
hagiology,
hagiography;
Caucasian mystery;
monotheism;
religion;
religious persuasion,
religious sect,
religious denomination;
creed
etc.
(belief)
484;
article of faith,
declaration of faith,
profession of faith,
confession of faith.
theologue,
theologian;
scholastic,
divine,
schoolman†,
canonist,
theologist†;
the Fathers.
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Dutch: confessie, credo, geloofsbelijdenis
2 creed
The written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group.
synonyms: church doctrine, gospel, religious doctrine.
Dutch: geloofsovertuiging, geloofsleer, godsdienstleer
Polish: ewangelia, ewanielia, Dobra Nowina
Moby thesaurus: Athanasian Creed, Catechism, Nicene Creed, Weltanschauung, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation, articles of faith, articles of religion, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, belief, catechism, church, communion, conclusion, connection, course, credenda, credo, cult, declaration, denomination, dictum, doctrinal statement, doctrine, dogma, enunciation, faith, formulated belief, gospel, guiding principles, ideology, ipse dixit, ism, line, manifesto, orthodoxy, persuasion, plan of action, platform, policy, political faith, political philosophy, polity, position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate, predication, principles, procedure, proclamation, profession, pronouncement, proposition, protest, protestation, religion, religious belief, religious faith, say, say-so, saying, school, sect, stance, stand, statement, system of belief, system of beliefs, teaching, tenet, theology, tradition, utterance, vouch, weltanschauung, word, world view ... show more.
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