CREDENTIAL

certificate, certification, credential, credentials

(noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

credential (comparative more credential, superlative most credential)

Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone). [from 15th c.]

Noun

credential (plural credentials)

(chiefly, in the plural) documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges

Verb

credential (third-person singular simple present credentials, present participle credentialling or credentialing, simple past and past participle credentialled or credentialed)

to furnish with credentials

Anagrams

• interclade, interlaced

Source: Wiktionary

Cre*den"tial (kr-dn"shal), a. Etym: [Cf. It. credenziale, fr. LL. credentia. See Credence.]

Definition: Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting. Their credential letters on both sides. Camden.

Cre*den"tial, n. Etym: [Cf. It. credenziale.]

1. That which gives a title to credit or confidence.

2. pl.

Definition: Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate. The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. Whitelocke. Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition