A liturgical form of a creed or a statement of beliefs, particularly in religious contexts.
From Latin 'credo' meaning 'I believe,' the opening word of the Christian Nicene Creed. The plural or variant form became used in ecclesiastical Latin to denote creeds as objects of religious authority.
The word 'credo' is so powerful that it became the root for dozens of English words about belief and trust—including credit, credible, and even credenza (which originally meant a sideboard used to taste food before serving to nobility, proving it was safe to trust)!
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