central to the creed of this organization of medical volunteers is the belief that health care is a basic human right the Amish live by a strict creed that rejects many of the values and practices of modern society
Recent Examples on the WebTheir creed is to subject everything to withering scrutiny and critique. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 We are invited to consider various aspects of his creed and personality, not all of which can be gleaned from Wikipedia. Toby Lichtig, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Over the 18 years of publishing my literature and music website Largehearted Boy, that has always been my creed. David Gutowski, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 But the video is suffused with imagery sending a signal to a deeply devoted section of the president’s fan base: those still adhering to the complex creed of QAnon. Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 18 Aug. 2022 Even the most right-on male doctors, meanwhile, dismiss the feminist creed of MLAC in their pursuit of more sweeping political gestures. Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2022 Emma Thomson and Zach Potts personified the unwritten, Congressional creed of staffers. Chad Pergram | Fox News, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2022 Buddhism was another creed garnering enormous interest as the end of the century approached.Washington Post, 7 July 2022 Crowley blended Thelema and an older creed called OTO, Ordo Templi Orientis. Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English crede, from Old English crēda, from Latin credo (first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds), from credere to believe, trust, entrust; akin to Old Irish cretid he believes, Sanskrit śrad-dadhāti
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of creed was before the 12th century