creance means faith; belief; creed. It carries an Arena rating of 1597, earned across 13 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, creance ranks #583 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #697 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #2,066 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #2,169 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words.
creance is pronounced /ˈkɹiːəns/.
Why “creance” is a great word
CREANCE — [Noun] A long, light cord for tethering a hawk in training; also, an archaic term for belief, trust, or credit. From Middle English *creaunce*, from Old French *creance* (“belief, trust, credit”), from the root *cre-* in *croire* (“to believe”), from Latin *credere* (“to believe, trust, entrust”). Unlike “credence” (which denotes acceptance of truth or a liturgical table) or a common “leash” (for general restraint), a creance is the specific, ethereal filament of a fledgling trust between human and raptor. It is the gossamer line that trembles between glove and sky, the measured length of a wild thing’s tentative return, the visible tether of a faith not yet fully earned—the delicate, necessary bondage that makes eventual freedom possible.
Etymology
From Middle English creaunce, from Old French creance. See credence.
noun
- faith; belief; creed
- A long leash, or lightweight cord used to prevent escape of a hawk during training flights.
verb
- To get on credit; to borrow.
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