Creed

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–noun 

1. any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination. 宗派,教派[C]

2. any system or codification of belief or of opinion. 

3. an authoritative, formulated statement of the chief articles of Christian belief, as the Apostles' (十二使徒) Creed, the Nicene Creed, or the Athanasian Creed. 

4. the creed. Apostles' Creed. (使徒信條)



—Synonyms 

1, 2. faith, conviction, credo, dogma.





　　

From the moment Kenzie, played by Casey Affleck, promises a hard-living skank named Helene that he'll find her missing girl, we know he's going to make good on it or die trying. That's what the heroic shamus does in detective fiction: He honors the code—a creed somewhat more refined than the law of the jungle, with a higher return of something like justice. 





see axiom decorum

shamus gumshoe