Definition of: credence

(krēd′ns) noun
1. Confidence based upon external evidence; belief.
2. That which serves to accredit; credentials.
3. Eccl. A small table or shelf near the altar to hold the eucharistic elements before they are consecrated.
4. A sideboard or serving table of medieval and Renaissance Europe. See synonyms under BELIEF, FAITH. [<F crédence <Med. L credentia <credere believe]

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