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[ UK /kɹˈiːd/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹid/ ]
NOUN
  1. the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
  2. any system of principles or beliefs

How To Use creed In A Sentence

  • Do we really want the carpers and complainers, of whatever creed, to get programmes banned?
  • The Holy Alliance was the joint labour of an unfortunate man who had suffered a terrible mental shock and who was trying to pacify his much-disturbed soul, and of an ambitious woman who after a wasted life had lost her beauty and her attraction and who satisfied her vanity and her desire for notoriety by assuming the rôle of self-appointed Messiah of a new and strange creed. The Story of Mankind
  • It decreed last year that downhill courses were to be made slower and skiers required to wear less aerodynamic outfits. Times, Sunday Times
  • Coalitionism was not then only a political creed, but also a web of friendships and habits that underpinned political cooperation.
  • Similarly, it has been decreed that concierges watch television interminably while their rather large cats doze, and that the entrance to the building must smell of pot-au-feu, cabbage soup, or a country-style cassoulet. Excerpt: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
  • The law is this: The creedalism and immoderateness of Socialism, other things being equal, vary inversely with its age and responsibility. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement
  • Irish Toryism was the dominant political creed down to 1859, at least in terms of Westminster seats.
  • But her body-language seems to go beyond that into "domineering" posture, which turns me off without regard to gender or creed. Weird twitches
  • The religious dimension that undeniably is to be found in his writings adheres, however, to no particular creed. Nobel Prize in Literature 1987 - Presentation Speech
  • You know as well as I do that it was decreed that normal civilities don't apply to you or your cohort.
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