9 September 2013

credence

[kreed-ns]

noun

1. belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim.
2. something giving a claim to belief or confidence: letter of credence.
3. Also called credence table, credenza. Ecclesiastical . a small side table, shelf, or niche for holding articles used in the Eucharist service.
4. Furniture. credenza ( def 1 ) .

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French credence < Medieval Latin crēdentia. See credent, -ence

Related forms
non·cre·dence, noun

Synonyms
1. credit, faith, confidence.

Today’s aphorism

If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.

– Paul Neal ‘Red’ Adair, American oil well firefighter

On this day

9 September 1543 – Mary Stuart crowned ‘Queen of Scots’. She was 9 months old.

9 September 1828 – birth of Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, (‘Anna Karenina‘, ‘War and Peace‘). Died 20 November 1910.

9 September 1890 – birth of Harlan Sanders who eventually becomes a Colonel and chickens throughout Kentucky, and ultimately the rest of the world, are never the same again as he invents Kentucky Fried Chicken. Died 16 December 1980.

9 September 2004 – Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, bombed. 10 people killed.