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a. [ Cf. It. credenziale, fr. LL. credentia. See Credence. ] Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their credential letters on both sides. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. credenziale. ] 1. That which gives a title to credit or confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. Whitelocke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message. Addison.

adj. having an official document certifying fitness for a particular task.
Syn. -- certificated, documented. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another.
Syn. -- irridenta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related.
Syn. -- irridentism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an advocate of irredentism, especially a person in one country who advocates the incorporation of a region in another country related historically to his country.
Syn. -- irridentist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. mis- + credent. Cf. Miscreant. ] A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]