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credo

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Definition:
n 1: any system of principles or beliefs

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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"He only feels confident that you will do it," said Dorothea, in a voice as clear and unhesitating as that of a young chorister chanting a credo,

George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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On the very moment John MacHale, who had been arguing and arguing against it, stood up and shouted out with the voice of a lion: 'Credo!'"
"I believe!" said Mr. Fogarty.
"Credo!" said Mr. Cunningham. "That showed the faith he had. He submitted the moment the Pope spoke."

James Joyce. Dubliners.
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