credendum

English

Etymology

Latin credendum

Noun

credendum (plural credenda)

  1. (theology) Something to be believed; an article of faith.
    • South
      the great articles and credenda of Christianity

Usage notes

  • Distinguished from agendum, a practical duty.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for credendum in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


Latin

Verb

crēdendum

  1. inflected form of crēdō

Phrase

credendum

  1. Something to be believed.
  2. A religious article of faith.
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