Synonyms for credo


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kree-doh, krey-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkri doʊ, ˈkreɪ-


Définition of credo

Origin :
  • late 12c., from Latin, literally "I believe," first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, first person singular present indicative of credere "to believe," perhaps from PIE compound *kerd-dhe- "to believe," literally "to put one's heart" (cf. Old Irish cretim, Irish creidim, Welsh credu "I believe," Sanskrit śrad-dhā- "faith"). The nativized form is creed. General sense of "formula or statement of belief" is from 1580s.
  • noun belief
Example sentences :
  • Christians we are,” said Pharaoh, “and will say our Paternoster and Credo with any man.
  • Extract from : « In the Days of Drake » by J. S. Fletcher
  • But what will you do if it become necessary to teach him his credo?
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry » by Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon
  • The only thing of which they are sure is that they are sure of nothing and their credo is 'I do not believe.'
  • Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer
  • Credo, he will tell you, is ‘I believe’; it is to have faith in God and in the word of God.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan Characters - Third Series » by Alexander Whyte
  • They listened to the Gospel and the Credo, and watched the movements of the priest.
  • Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet » by Gustave Flaubert
  • The grand workings of the orchestra in the "Credo" in this Act could not be surpassed.
  • Extract from : « Verdi: Man and Musician » by Frederick James Crowest
  • I must be excused for quoting my own words, because they are my credo.
  • Extract from : « George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) » by George Eliot
  • Then he went off singing his Credo, and slunk behind a hawthorn.
  • Extract from : « Myths and Dreams » by Edward Clodd
  • It is his 'credo' against their 'ignoro'; it is, his 'expecto' against their 'non video'.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus, Complete » by Filson Young
  • He must have little music in his soul who is deaf to such a Credo.
  • Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

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