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credence
1 a: mental acceptance as true or real <give credence to gossip> b: credibility 1 <lends credence to the theory>2: credentials —used in the phrase letters of credence3
[Middle French, from Old Italian credenza]
: a Renaissance sideboard used chiefly for valuable plate4: a small table where the bread and wine rest before consecration
synonyms see belief
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