credo

cre·do

noun \ˈkrē-(ˌ)dō, ˈkrā-\

plural credos

Definition of CREDO

: creed

Examples of CREDO

1. <the credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism>
2. <we must abide by the simple credo that “The customer is always right”>

Origin of CREDO

Middle English, from Latin, I believe

First Known Use: 12th century

Related to CREDO

Synonyms: religion, creed, cult, faith, persuasion

Related Words: church, communion, denomination, sect; doctrine, dogma, theology; deism, heathenism, monotheism, paganism, pantheism, polytheism, theism

Near Antonyms: agnosticism, know-nothingism; atheism, godlessness, nonbelief, secularism, unbelief

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Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

Rhymes with CREDO

dado