α. 1700s– credal.
β. 1800s– creedal.
单词 | credal |
释义 | credaladj.α. 1700s– credal. β. 1800s– creedal. Of, relating to, or characterized by a creed. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > [adjective] credal1740 symbolical1745 symbolic1867 confessional1884 1740 Let. from Gentleman, to Friend in Affliction 9 To excite you to those Credal Duties of Christianity, in which you are highly deficient. 1846 Brit. Q. Rev. 1 Aug. 72 ‘But truth is one’, exclaim at once the Romanist and the creedal dogmatist, ‘the same everywhere and at all times.’ 1879 Public Opinion 12 July 43 Creedal religion is no safeguard against individual grossness of character. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 9 June 3/3 A man altogether above racial or credal prejudice. 1957 Economist 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. 1995 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 61 631 Anglo-Israelism was neither sectarian nor creedal. 2004 P. de Rosa Fatal Flaw Christianity vi. 192 Most of the theology and credal statements of the past were based on the supposition that the Gospels are historically reliable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1740 |
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