Definitions for credenza

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credenza cre·den·za

Spelling: [kri-den-zuh]

IPA: /krɪˈdɛn zə/

Credenza is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 213 anagrams from letters in credenza (acdeenrz).

Definitions for credenza

noun

1. Also, credence. a sideboard or buffet, especially one without legs.
2. a closed cabinet for papers, office supplies, etc., often of desk height and matching the other furniture in an executive's office.
3. Ecclesiastical. credence (def 3).

Origin of credenza

1875-80; Italian Medieval Latin crēdentia (in ecclesiastical usage) a sideboard for holding sacramental vessels; see credence

Examples for credenza

The credenza goes on working, and the Gran Consiglio represents the body of privileged burghers.

The senate, composed of nobles, represented the credenza and the gran consiglio.

They also formed a council of eighty citizens, which they called the credenza.