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Webster 1913 Edition
Credential
Cre-den′tial
(krē̍-dĕn′shal)
, Adj.
Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.
Their
credential
letters on both sides. Camden.
Cre-den′tial
,Noun.
[Cf. It.
credenziale
.] 1.
That which gives a title to credit or confidence.
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.
The committee of estates excepted against the
credentials
of the English commissioners. Whitelocke.