Entry Word: creed

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group <central to the creed of this organization of medical volunteers is the belief that health care is a basic human right>

Synonyms credo, doctrine, gospel, ideology, philosophy

Related Words manifesto

2 a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities <the Amish live by a strict creed that rejects many of the values and practices of modern society> — see religion 1