Credence

1. v. t. To give credence to; to believe.
2. n. Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.
3. n. That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.
4. n. The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.
5. n. A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.