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Credential

Cre-den′tial

(krē̍-dĕn′shal)
,
Adj.
[Cf. It.
credenziale
, fr. LL.
credentia
. See
Credence
.]
Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.
Their
credential
letters on both sides.
Camden.

Cre-den′tial

,
Noun.
[Cf. It.
credenziale
.]
1.
That which gives a title to credit or confidence.
2.
pl.
Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate.
The committee of estates excepted against the
credentials
of the English commissioners.
Whitelocke.

Definition 2024

credential

credential

English

Adjective

credential ‎(comparative more credential, superlative most credential)

  1. of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority
    • Camden
      their credential letters on both sides

Translations

Noun

credential ‎(plural credentials)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
    May I see your credentials, please?‎

Translations

Verb

credential ‎(third-person singular simple present credentials, present participle credentialing or credentialling, simple past and past participle credentialed or credentialled)

  1. to furnish with credentials
    • 1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education, ISBN 0226336514, page 138:
      School superintendents, principals, and teachers are currently credentialed only by the state.
    • 2009 March 7, By Patrick Walters, “Rudd orders worldwide push for UN seat”, in Herald Sun:
      The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin credentialis ‎(“giving authority”), from credentia ‎(“trust”)

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