credo

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  1. noun A creed.
  2. noun The Apostles' Creed.
  3. noun The Nicene Creed, especially as the third item of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.

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  • In a somewhat over-formulaic manner, with perhaps too many rhetorical flourishes, Miller gives each of his main Jewish characters in "Vichy" a kind of credo, a way of coping with the dangerous world around them.
  • I know the right never admits they're wrong, it's part of the credo -- but that failure to take responsiblity only works for so long. when people get a clue, they get mad that you're not taking any responsibility for things. they lose respect for you. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • Under that credo, the horrors that can be perpetrated by a "good" state on an —  Signs of the Times
  • "Fetzer's organic credo was an inspiration," says Brown, who also credits Paul Dolan and Ann Thrupp for Mendocino's leadership in the green movement. —  The Ukiah Daily Journal Forum
  • The credo is absolute returns by giving sound advice in asset classes that are individually appropriate to the risk appetite and base currency of each particular client. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. Middle English, the Apostles' Creed, from Latin crēdō, I believe (the first word of the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed), first person sing. present tense of crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Latin, I believe: see crced.
 

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/ˈkridoʊ/
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