credo

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UK/ˈkɹidəʊ/UK/ˈkɹeɪdəʊ/US/ˈkɹidoʊ/US/ˈkɹeɪdoʊ/

noun

A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.

“Credo III is so beautiful!”

Similar
creed
OriginMiddle English credo ← Old French credo ← Latin crēdō →
Less commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

nouncredo (plural credos or credoes)

plural credos · plural credoes

  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.

    2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019
  2. ChristianityThe liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.

    Credo III is so beautiful!

    1 more example

    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 […]

    1996, Pastoral Music, volume 21, page 12

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany system of principles or beliefs

Similar
creed
Broader
doctrinephilosophyphilosophical system
Also see
creedreligion

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱérddʰeh₁ti
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱréddʰeh₁ti
  6. Proto-Italic*kresdō
  7. Latincrēdō
  8. Old Frenchcredo
  9. Middle Englishcredo
  10. Englishcredo

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

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Translations

Bulgarian верую, кредо
  • верую (veruju)belief system
  • кредо (kredo)belief system
French crédo
  • crédobelief system
German Credo, Kredo
  • Credobelief system
  • Kredobelief system
Hungarian krédó
  • krédóbelief system
Persian باور, مرام
  • باور (bâvar)belief system
  • مرام (marâm)belief system
Polish credo, kredo
  • credobelief system
  • kredobelief system
Portuguese credo
  • credobelief system
Russian кре́до
  • кре́до (krédo)belief system
Yiddish אַני־מאמין
  • אַני־מאמין (ani-maymen)belief system

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with credo

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

credo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credo

MLA

“credo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “credo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credo.

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