credence

noun

• 1 [mass noun] belief in or acceptance of something as true:psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen
• the likelihood of something being true; plausibility:being called upon by the media as an expert lends credence to one’s opinions

• 2 [usually as modifier] a small side table, shelf, or niche in a church for holding the elements of the Eucharist before they are consecrated:a credence table