English Dictionary
Definition of “credence”
credence (ˈkriːdənsns
)
Definitions
noun
- acceptance or belief, esp with regard to the truth of the evidence of others ⇒
I cannot give credence to his account
- something supporting a claim to belief; recommendation; credential (esp in the phrase letters of credence)
- short for credence table
Word Origin
C14: from Medieval Latin crēdentia trust, credit, from Latin crēdere to believe
Usage examples
Replacing you with another Strike Force team would only give credence to her suspicions.
MacNeill, Alastair, Code Breaker (1993)Lending credence to this is the recent discovery of a small terracotta disc with the imprint of two feet.
India Today (1996)Her testimony was meant to give credence to other evidence heard in court recently.
CBC (2004)Of course, nobody these days would give any credence to those ridiculous country rumours.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)Needless to say, news of such important visitors soon spread among the prisoner's followers and appeared to lend credence to his case.
Deborah Cadbury, THE LOST KING OF FRANCE: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII (2002)
