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Personally, I do not think that much credence should be attached to the latter story.

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  1. noun Acceptance as true or valid; belief. See Synonyms at belief.
  2. noun Claim to acceptance; trustworthiness.
  3. noun Recommendation; credentials: a letter of credence.
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  • The need Jesus had of obtaining credence, and the enthusiasm of his disciples, heaped up contradictory notions. —  The Life of Jesus
  • How much credence, then, should one give to the story of the Abominable Snowman? —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 05 - May 1999
  • Otherwise our people will lose credence, and the goblins will gain confidence and encroach. —  Roc and a Hard Place
  • As for the Corby Conundrum, I never gave it much credence -- until I heard Rhyner, Corby and Danny so vehemently deny it Thursday afternoon. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • In the letter we read as follows: "This much I may say about all those who have written or may hereafter write as if they knew the aim of my work,--that no credence is to be attached to their words, whether they obtained their information from me, or from others, or invented it themselves. —  Christentum als mystische Tatsache und die Mysterien des Altertums. English
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin crēdentia, from Latin crēdēns, crēdent-, present participle of crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English credence, from Old French credence, credance (also creance, etc.), faith, = Italian credenza, faith (also a cupboard, etc.), from Middle Latin credentia, faith, from Latin creden(t-)s, believing: see credent and credit, v. Cf. creance, a doublet of credence.
  2. from credence, n.
 

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