Antonyms for creed


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kreed
Phonetic Transcription : krid


Definition of creed

Origin :
  • Old English creda "article or statement of Christian belief," from Latin credo "I believe" (see credo). Broadening 17c. to mean "any statement of belief."
  • noun belief, principles
Example sentences :
  • But on the first two and greatest articles of his creed, how Jasper labored!
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • It should be remembered that even our creed was to some extent decided by him.
  • Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
  • To live for others as a definite self-conscious aim was not his creed.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • The medicine (God's grace) is made known to us in the Creed.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • The Northern States were slow to adopt the Democratic creed.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Write out 'Our Father' and the 'Creed' three times, you little heathen.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • People cannot leave a creed alone; though it is the essence of a creed to be clear.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Very well, then; according to your creed one person is just as good as another.
  • Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
  • It is the solid core that underlies every Christian creed which is of importance.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Christianity, the creed of Mahomet, the creed of the Easterns, have all the same essence.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for creed

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