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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.

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.

Cred`i*bil"i*ty
(kr&ebreve;d`&ibreve;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
n. [Cf. F. crédibilité.]
The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the
credibility of facts; the credibility of
witnesses.

Cred"i*ble (kr&ebreve;d"&ibreve;*b'l),
a. [L. credibilis, fr. credere.
See Creed.] Capable of being credited or believed;
worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy.

Things are made credible either by the
known condition and quality of the utterer or by the manifest
likelihood of truth in themselves.


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