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noun

Credential n.

That which gives a title to credit or confidence.

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." "Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Credential" Quotes from Famous Books

... "That should be credential enough," and McVeigh's tone held a distinct reprimand as he frowned at Masterson's senseless accusation, but that officer made a gesture of protest. He was being beaten, but he did not mean to give ...

— The Bondwoman • Marah Ellis Ryan

... deliver the officers and prisoners who came from the frigates Ninfa and Helena to the person appointed by me. I name for this purpose Don Juan Deslobbes, lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who will appear before you, sir, with this credential, in order to treat and settle respecting the disembarkation of the said prisoners: he will make the proper report and give a receipt for them on board. I assure you, sir, that the said officers, ...

— Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II • Sir John Ross

... arrangement of the records of analyses is of the first importance, and is an evidence of careful work and an excellent credential. Of two notebooks in which the results may be, in fact, of equal value as legal evidence, that one which is neatly arranged will carry ...

— An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis - With Explanatory Notes • Henry P. Talbot

... received Her Royal Highness' ex-secretary the more graciously because she had seen that he had been very well received in three boxes already. Mme. de Serizy knew none but unexceptionable people, and moreover he was Montriveau's traveling companion. So potent was this last credential, that Mme. de Bargeton saw from the manner of the group that they accepted Chatelet as one of themselves without demur. Chatelet's sultan's airs ...

— Lost Illusions • Honore De Balzac

... presented in the proper place, To proper placemen, every Russ credential; And was received with all the due grimace By those who govern in the mood potential, Who, seeing a handsome stripling with smooth face, Thought (what in state affairs is most essential), That they as easily might do the ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron

Words linked to "Credential" : written document, probate, diploma, papers, certification, military commission, certificate, registration, certificate of incorporation, document, teaching certificate, sheepskin, bill of health, credentials, commission, teacher's certificate, birth certificate