01 a. Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.
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Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.“Their credential letters on both sides.” — Camden.
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Webster, 1913
Credential
02 n. That which gives a title to credit or confidence.
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That which gives a title to credit or confidence.
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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.“Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message.” — Addison.