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credance
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Middle English
Noun
credance
- alternative form of credence
Old French
Alternative forms
- creiance, creance, croiance (later)
- creanche (Old Northern French)
Etymology
From credre + -ance, cf. Late Latin credentia.
Pronunciation
Noun
credance oblique singular, f (oblique plural credances, nominative singular credance, nominative plural credances)
- (early Old French) faith; belief; trust
- Mid-11th Century, La Vie de Saint Alexis:
- Si ert credance dont or n'i at nul prot.
- Indeed there was trust, which there is little left of now.
Related terms
- credre (verb)
Descendants
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