creaunce

Borrowed from Old French creance (earlier credance), from Latin crēdentia. Doublet of credence.

• creance, creauns, creawnce

• IPA^(key): /krɛːˈa(u̯)ns(ə)/, /ˈkrɛːa(u̯)ns(ə)/

creaunce (uncountable)

1. faith, confidence, belief
   • 1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville‎^[1], modernized spelling edition:

     Wherefore, it seemeth well, that God loveth them and is pleased with their creaunce for their good deeds.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. religion (belief system)
3. credit (delayed payment)
4. (falconry) creance (leash)

• creauncen
• creaunsour
• myscreaunce

• English: creance

• “crēaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

creaunce

1. alternative form of creauncen