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Credential \Cre*den"tial\ (kr[-e]*d[e^]n"shal), a. [Cf. It.
credenziale, fr. LL. credentia. See {Credence}.]
Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.
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Their credential letters on both sides. --Camden.
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Credential \Cre*den"tial\, n. [Cf. It. credenziale.]
1. That which gives a title to credit or confidence.
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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.
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The committee of estates excepted against the
credentials of the English commissioners.
--Whitelocke.
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Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the
Divine Person who sent them on such a message.
--Addison.