creed
noun/kriːd/
/kriːd/
- [countable] a set of principles or religious beliefs
- We welcome people of all races, colours and creeds.
- discrimination on the basis of race, colour or creed
- What is his political creed?
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc2- It's really a reformist rather than a revolutionary creed.
- The creed of individualism prevailed in the 1980s.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- political
- religious
- adopt
- embrace
- reject
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- the Creed[singular] a statement of Christian belief that is spoken as part of some church services
Word OriginOld English, from Latin credo.
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