credence
credence
definition
noun
psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen
belief in or acceptance of something as true.
a credence table
a small side table, shelf, or niche in a church for holding the elements of the Eucharist before they are consecrated.
example
The adage that ‘education is the lifeblood of a cooperative’ has always had 'credence' and it continues to ring true today.
It is painful to watch him displaying credentials that no longer carry much 'credence' .
His ideas have been twisted into evolutionary psychology, a pseudo-science which is given surprising 'credence' .
The picture is also jumpy and unfocused at times, which also lends 'credence' to the high-resolution argument.
Nevertheless, the idea has survived, gaining 'credence' even in official circles, and continues to be invoked in any discussion, official or otherwise, of the future of the Egyptian theatre.
In fact, scholarly research lends 'credence' to the observational accounts of the mainstream news media and the conventional wisdom of partisan practitioners.
I took the finger towel and glass cruets of water and wine to the 'credence' table at the right of the altar and put out the bell on the step where I would be kneeling at the consecration.
This observation lends 'credence' to the view that the Ohio Prairie Peninsula prairies developed through migration from the west.
It also lends 'credence' to the notion that the availability of gambling opportunities is correlated positively with the incidence of problem and pathological gambling behaviors.
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The doctrine of reincarnation is one of the world's most popular religious beliefs, and one which has also found 'credence' with many in the West, along with the what goes around comes around belief in Karma.
The fact that the association between identity and support was actually stronger for boys than for girls lends 'credence' to this hypothesis.
When the government is giving you millions of dollars to show a drug is harmful, you're going to give more 'credence' to experiments that show it is, no matter how flawed, because your career depends on it.
This concept held some 'credence' , especially among paleontologists, until the modern evolutionary synthesis was established in the 1940s.
It almost lends 'credence' to the prosecution's case.
This lends 'credence' to the mother's position that the policy was there for the financial security of the mother and children rather than anything else.
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The name of the place also lends 'credence' to his theory.
Because Bahamian society is small, insular and closed, it is possible for certain ideas to circulate, gain 'credence' and become accepted as fact.
The research lends 'credence' to the notion that common bacterial infections might play a role in determining who is stricken with the debilitating neurological disorder.
Martin Luther King's words gained 'credence' from his actions.
psychoanalysis finds little 'credence' among laymen
Their battered condition lends 'credence' to the story, for why else would they have been saved, if not for their association with the martyred slave?
But their demands helped to muddy the waters and were given wide 'credence' among their supporters in the United States.
This lends 'credence' to the theory that one channels the powers beyond when writing, because really, I don't think I could seriously write that.
The demonstrated fact that material does travel from one planet to another lends 'credence' to the hypothesis.
The record of systemic abuse of the program lends 'credence' to claims that the oil-ministry list is genuine and should be investigated.
psychoanalysis finds little 'credence' among laymen
The very fact that I visit this site and read these articles lends 'credence' to the assumption that I do find useful and true ideas here.
Opponents certainly give little 'credence' to these reports, in part because they know their own lists usually include some fiction.
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