Creditableness

Quality of being creditable; reputation; estimation. Cred'itably, adv . Reputably; with credit; without failure or disgrace. Credit Foncier, ( krai'de fon (g)'se-a,) n. [Fr., credit on lands.) A system of borrowing money on the security of landed property, repayment to be made by instalments, so as to extinguish the debt within a certain period, was first established in France in 1852. The C. F. is, on the general hypothesis of prudence in advances, of great public benefit. It is susceptible of many modifications, and has already found very useful applications in this country. Cre'do. [Lat., I believe.] ( Eccl . ) A part of the service of the ma , beginning with the words, Credo in unum Deum. It is the confe ion of Faith of the Roman Catholic Church. See A THAN ASIAN CREED.