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单词 creed
释义
creedcreed /kriːd/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcreed
Origin:
900-1000 Latin credo; CREDO
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Give everybody an equal chance, regardless of race, color, creed, or gender.
  • Mother Teresa offered her service and love to people of every caste and creed.
  • Our church welcomes people of various races, colors, and creeds.
  • The belief in Jesus as a prophet is a major part of several world creeds.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Breaking down creed and colour, With broadside shots of laughter.
  • Gandhi had mental health because in him word, creed, and deed were one; he was integrated.
  • He had acted in accordance with the Punjab creed, but with too much enthusiasm and a few decades too late.
  • I am running for everybody in Britain, irrespective of colour or creed.
  • Surely they must have some doubts, made some mental reservations to the creed they so confidently recited morning and night.
  • The enlightened founders were eager to produce a universal creed that they could throw like a tent over the diverse church religions.
  • When I attended Lois's church no one asked me to sign any creeds.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
[countable, uncountable] a set of beliefs about a god, and the ceremonies and customs that go with these beliefs. Also used when talking about all religions in general: · Judaism is one of the great religions of the world.· African tribal religions· a lecture on the role of religion in society
[countable, uncountable] a religion, especially one of the large important world religions. Also used when talking about religious belief in general: · The school welcomes children of all faiths.· His religious faith was always deeply important to him.
[countable, uncountable] the act of believing in a god or gods, or the ideas that someone believes because of their religion: · We all have the right to freedom of belief.· They were persecuted because of their religious beliefs.
[countable] a religious group that has slightly different beliefs from other groups who belong to the same religion: · The church is the largest Christian denomination in the United States.
[countable] a group of people who have their own set of religious beliefs and customs, especially a group that has separated from a larger group: · He became a member of a Buddhist sect.· There are two sects in Islam - the Sunni and the Shi'a.· an obscure religious sect
[singular, uncountable] the Christian religion in general: · How great is the influence of the church in present-day society?· The church has a lot to say about this.
(also Church) [countable] one of the separate groups within the Christian religion: · the Methodist Church
[countable] an extreme religious group that is not part of an established religion – often used to show disapproval: · The suicides have been linked to a strange religious cult.· the traditional pagan cults of Ancient Rome
[countable, uncountable] formal the religion that you belong to, and the set of beliefs that you accept in order to belong to it – often used in phrases when saying that your religion should not affect how you are treated: · There must be no discrimination because of race, colour, or creed.· You will be rewarded whatever your race or creed.
[countable] formal a group of people who share the same religious beliefs – used especially in official contexts: · the benefits of living within a supportive faith community
Longman Language Activatora religion
a religion is a set of beliefs that a group of people have about a god, and the ceremonies, customs, and rules that go with these beliefs. Religions and religious beliefs in general when considered as a subject are known as religion: · We spent hours discussing politics, religion, and poetry.· the Catholic religion· My parents' religion is very important to them.· The Buddhist and Shinto religions coexist in Japan. · We respect all religions here.be against somebody's religion (=be not allowed by their religion): · She can't eat pork. It's against her religion.
a religion, especially one of the large important world religions: · People of all faiths are welcome in this building.· One of the things our faith teaches us is that God created us in His own image.· The tensions are growing between members of different faiths.the Jewish/Christian/Islamic/Hindu etc faith: · Most of the island's population belong to the Islamic faith.· Godparents agree to educate their godchild in the practice of the Christian faith.
a religion - use this when you are referring to the range of different religions that exist: · The belief in Jesus as a prophet is a major part of several world creeds.· Give everybody an equal chance, regardless of race, color, creed, or gender.people of all creeds/people of every creed: · Mother Teresa offered her service and love to people of every caste and creed.· Our church welcomes people of various races, colors, and creeds.
WORD SETS
acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Marxism has never been weaker as a political creed.
 a religious creed
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Coalitionism was not then only a political creed, but also a web of friendships and habits that underpinned political cooperation.· I laughed when I read of the things which they considered important: political creeds, literary cliques, careerist intrigues.
· Amnesty International is independent of all governments, political factions, ideologies, economic interests and religious creeds.· He was a devoted family man, and a friend to men of all religious creeds and political persuasions.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Far into the next century, Du Bois lost support of many black church people when he espoused the creed of Marxism.
  • I still can not go to a service, nor say the Creed.
  • Surely they must have some doubts, made some mental reservations to the creed they so confidently recited morning and night.
  • The former depicted the royal coat of arms, texts from the scriptures, the Creed, or the Lord's Prayer.
  • Thus it could not compete with Lancashire, and rigid protection of the home market became the creed of all Catalan industrialists.
1a set of beliefs or principles:  Marxism has never been weaker as a political creed. a religious creed people of all colours and creeds2the Creed a formal statement of belief spoken in certain Christian churches
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