- creed, credo - any system of principles or beliefs
--1 is a kind of doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
--1 has particulars: testament; Athanasian Creed - religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed - the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
--2 is a kind of doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
--2 has particulars:confession; ahimsa; dogma, tenet; ecumenism, ecumenicism, ecumenicalism; Immaculate Conception; Incarnation; Nicene Creed; real presence