Part 4146

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.</def>

<blockquote>Children in whom is no <b>faith</b>. <i>Deut. xxvii. 20.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whose failing, while her <b>faith</b> to me remains, I should conceal. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; <as>as, he violated his <ex>faith</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>For you alone I broke me <b>faith</b> with injured Palamon. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Credibility or truth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>faith</b> of the foregoing narrative. <i>Mitford.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Act of faith</col>. <cd>See <er>Auto-da-f\'82</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Breach of faith</col>, <col>Confession of faith</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Breach</er>, <er>Confession</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Faith cure</col>, <cd>a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God.</cd> -- <col>In good faith</col>, <cd>with perfect sincerity.</cd></cs> <-- faith healing, faith healer = faith cure. -->

<h1>Faith</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faith</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>By my faith; in truth; verily.</def>

<h1>Faithed</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faithed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Make thy words <i>faithed</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Faithful</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faith"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.</def>

<blockquote>You are not <b>faithful</b>, sir. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>faithful</b> God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him. <i>Deut. vii. 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; <as>as, a <ex>faithful</ex> husband or servant</as>.</def>

<blockquote>So spake the seraph Abdiel, <b>faithful</b> found, Among the faithless, <b>faithful</b> only he. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; <as>as, a <ex>faithful</ex> narrative or representation</as>.</def>

<blockquote>It is a <b>faithful</b> saying. <i>2 Tim. ii. 11.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>The Faithful</col>, <cd>the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Faith"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -<wf>Faith"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Faithless</h1> <Xpage=538>

<hw>Faith"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not believing; not giving credit.</def>

<blockquote>Be not <b>faithless</b>, but believing. <i>John xx. 27.</i></blockquote>