credance

Old French

Later forms

Etymology

From credre +‎ -ance, cf. Late Latin credentia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kreˈðãntsə]

Noun

credance f (oblique plural credances, nominative singular credance, nominative plural credances)

  1. (early Old French) faith; belief; trust
    • Mid-11th Century, La Vie de Saint Alexis
    • Si ert credance dont or n'i at nul prot.
      Indeed there was trust, which there is little left of now.
  • credre (verb)

Descendants
  • → Middle English: creaunce
  • French: croyance
  • Norman: crianche (Jersey)
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