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creance

/ˈkɹiːəns/

creance noun: faith; belief; creed.

Noun

creance (plural creances)

  1. (obsolete) faith; belief; creed
  2. A long leash, or lightweight cord used to prevent escape of a hawk during training flights.
    • Even as horses led by hand doe sometimes bound and start out of the way, but no further then their halters length, and neverthelesse follow ever his steps that leadeth them; And as a Hawke takes his flight but under the limits of hir cranes or twyne.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.12

Verb

creance (third-person singular simple present creances, present participle creancing, simple past and past participle creanced)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To get on credit; to borrow.

Forms of creance

Noun
pluralcreances
Verb
third-person singular presentcreances
present participlecreancing
past participlecreanced
pastcreanced

Origin of creance

From Middle English creaunce, from Old French creance. See credence.

Questions about creance

What does creance mean?
Creance means faith; belief; creed.
What part of speech is creance?
Creance can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce creance?
Creance is pronounced /ˈkɹiːəns/.
What is the plural of creance?
The plural of creance is creances.

Words near creance in the dictionary

  1. creamy crack
  2. creamy layer
  3. creamy snuff
  4. creamy snuffs
  5. Crean
  6. creance
  7. creanced
  8. creancer
  9. creancers
  10. creances
  11. creancing

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