credent

Definitions


[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Credible, believable.

- Believing, trustful.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century; earliest use found in Book Howth. From classical Latin crēdent-, crēdēns, present participle of crēdere to entrust, to believe, in post-classical Latin used as adjective, in senses ‘believing, that believes’ and ‘worthy of belief’, and as noun, in sense ‘believer’ (early 3rd century in Tertullian)


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A person who believes; a believer.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century; earliest use found in Book Howth. From classical Latin crēdent-, crēdēns, present participle of crēdere to entrust, to believe, in post-classical Latin used as adjective, in senses ‘believing, that believes’ and ‘worthy of belief’, and as noun, in sense ‘believer’ (early 3rd century in Tertullian)




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