[ˈkriːdns], (Noun)

Definitions:
- belief in or acceptance of something as true
(e.g: psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen)

- a small side table, shelf, or niche in a church for holding the elements of the Eucharist before they are consecrated
(e.g: a credence table)


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Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin credentia, from Latin credent- ‘believing’, from the verb credere