Both Uses
creed
in
The Road, by McCarthy
(Edited)
- Creedless shells of men tottering down the causeways like migrants in a feverland.
creedless = without a system of principles or beliefsstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in creedless means without and reverses the meaning of creed. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
- Runic slogans, creeds misspelled.
*creeds = statements of belief
Definitions:
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(1)
(creed) any system of principles or beliefs
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)