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credal, creedal, a.|ˈkriːdəl|
[f. creed n. + -al1; spelt with single e after L. crēdo: cf. creed.]
Pertaining to or characterized by a creed, or formula of religious belief.
1868Church Union 11 Jan. (Cent. Dict.), Four columns advocate formal or creedal unity, and two editorials the opposite. 1879Public Opinion 12 July 43 Creedal religion is no safeguard against individual grossness of character. 1888Athenæum 15 Sept. 349 Expositors impregnated with credal theology. 1893Westm. Gaz. 9 June 3/3 A man altogether above racial or credal prejudice. 1957Economist 19 Oct. 191 The Commonwealth is peculiarly fortunate in the mid-twentieth century in having as its symbol of unity a person, and not..only a flag or some credal form. |