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creedal

creedal adjective: of or pertaining to a creed.

Adjective

creedal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a creed.
    • For every branch of jurisprudence secular or sacred and therefore also for canonical and creedal jurisprudence, this implies at least the following five issues: enactment, ratification, enforcement, compliance, interpretation.2005, Jaroslav Pelikan, Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition
    • These creedal principles deeply shaped American politics during the heyday of the neoliberal order.2022, Gary Gerstle, The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Introduction

Forms of creedal

alternative formcredal

Origin of creedal

From creed + -al.

Words formed from creedal

Questions about creedal

What does creedal mean?
Creedal means of or pertaining to a creed.
What part of speech is creedal?
Creedal is an adjective.

Words near creedal in the dictionary

  1. Creech St Michael
  2. Creeches
  3. Creecy
  4. Creecys
  5. creed
  6. creedal
  7. creedalism
  8. creedalisms
  9. creedalist
  10. creedalists
  11. Creede

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