credence
noun
[ ˈkriːd(ə)ns ]
• belief in or acceptance of something as true.
• "psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen"
• a small side table, shelf, or niche in a church for holding the elements of the Eucharist before they are consecrated.
• "a credence table"
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin credentia, from Latin credent- ‘believing’, from the verb credere .
