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Meanings of credence in English

Portuguese
aceitação
Catalan
crèdit
Spanish
aceptación

The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true.

        aceitação
        Portuguese
        aparador

        A kind of sideboard or buffet.

              aparador
              Usage of credence in English
              1
              It adds credence to anecdotal accounts of a new normal taking hold.
              Reuters
              2
              He would not give the idea credence even in his own mind.
              The Automobile Girls at Washington; Or, Checkmating the Plots of...
              3
              The fact that she said only this gave credence to Avery's fears.
              Commuters: a novel
              4
              I'm not sure how much credence should be attached to this idea.
              Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
              5
              The legend receives entire credence from the simple boatmen sad country people.
              Myths and Legends of China
              6
              Sometimes he had given the tawdry claims more credence than at others.
              The double bind
              7
              This style goes kingly; it calls for absolute credence and unhesitating submission.
              Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
              8
              To do so might lend a bit of credence to her words.
              The day the falls stood still
              9
              Excitement was in every face, and the wildest rumors were given credence.
              Princess Maritza
              10
              Far more credence was given to the evidence of the next witness.
              The Lodger
              11
              At this period, tales of the marvellous gained great credence among sailors.
              The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe
              12
              A pity that The Irish Times should seem to lend it credence.
              The Irish Times
              13
              All the same, Max did not give the yarn the least credence.
              At Whispering Pine Lodge
              14
              This distribution lends credence to SLPI having important roles in innate immunity.
              Pubmed
              15
              One does not give credence to such rumours in these orderly times.
              The Last Hope
              16
              Our doctrines thereby carry credence even to the most impious and unbelieving.
              Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
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