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In literary texts, the term credence is often employed to signify acceptance or belief in a particular idea or claim, whether it be an abstract concept or a concrete assertion. Some authors use it to evoke trust and divine favor, as in pleading for “amplest credence” in matters of wisdom and authority [1] or suggesting that prejudiced assumptions can readily lend credibility to unfounded accusations [2]. At times, writers explicitly reject belief, declaring their refusal “to give credence” to statements that lack substantiation [3], while others note how repetition and societal influence can imbue ideas with a sense of veracity [4][5]. Moreover, the term is extended in diplomatic and historical contexts, where documents such as letters of credence serve as tangible proofs of legitimacy [6].
  1. His love and wisdom, Approv'd so to your Majesty, may plead For amplest credence.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  2. Their charges were easily disproved, but they had enough cunning to invent new charges continually, and prejudice gave ready credence to them.
    — from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig
  3. "To all that which thou provest me thus, I refuse to give credence."
    — from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant
  4. Things that we wish, are apt to gain a too ready credence with us.
    — from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
  5. It is difficult to conceive how an opinion so totally unfounded, and so easy to refute, should have obtained general credence.
    — from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
  6. The presentation of the minister's letters of credence took place on the 22nd.
    — from A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow

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