creance

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English creaunce, from Old French creance. See credence. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɹiːəns/ === Noun === creance (plural creances) (obsolete) faith; belief; creed (falconry) A long leash, or lightweight cord used to prevent escape of a hawk during training flights. === Verb === creance (third-person singular simple present creances, present participle creancing, simple past and past participle creanced) (obsolete, transitive) To get on credit; to borrow. == Middle English == === Noun === creance alternative form of creaunce == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French creance, croiance, from Late Latin credentia, or from créant. === Noun === creance f (plural creances) faith; belief == Old French == === Noun === creance oblique singular, f (oblique plural creances, nominative singular creance, nominative plural creances) alternative form of credance