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# creed

«creed» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short statement of the main things a religion believes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a creed, creeds; the Creed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A creed is a short statement of the main things a religion believes, said together in a service; the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed are said in many churches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creed/#m1)

2) A creed is any set of beliefs or principles someone lives by. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In church, Christians stand and say the Creed: "I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth…". In ethics and citizenship, "people of every race and creed" means of all religions and beliefs. Phrases: the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, say the creed, of every creed.

### examples

- We said the Apostles' Creed at the start of assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creed/#x1)
- The Creed begins "I believe in God". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creed/#x2)
- Our club welcomes people of every race and creed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creed/#x3)
- Kindness to animals is her creed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creed/#x4)
- The congregation stood for the Creed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creed/#x5)
- The Nicene Creed is said in many churches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creed/#x6)
- This belief is not peculiar to the Slavonians but it is one of the characteristic features of their spiritual creed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creed/#x7)

### note

Countable. The word comes from Latin "credo" (I believe), like "credit" and "incredible". Capital C when naming a church creed.

### In the corpora

- [The Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed are short statements of belief said together in church.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «creed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.