faith
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From Middle English feith < Old French feid < Latin fides (“‘faith, belief, trust’”) < fidere (“‘to trust, to confide in’”). Used in English since the 12th Century.
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- IPA: /feɪθ/
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- Rhymes: -eɪθ
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faith (countable and uncountable; plural faiths)
- Mental acceptance of and confidence in a claim as truth without proof supporting the claim.
- I have faith in the healing power of crystals.
- (Christian theology) Belief and trust in the Christian God's promises revealed through Christ in the New Testament.
- "Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld." (Hebrews 11:1)
- A feeling or belief, that something is true, real, or will happen.
- Have faith that the criminal justice system will avenge the murder.
- A trust in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or belief in spite of a lack of knowledge in the person, object, or belief.
- I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.
- (countable) A system of religious belief.
- The Christian faith has been spread by proselytizing.
- An obligation of loyalty or fidelity.
- The observance of such an obligation.
- He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.
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- (feeling, without direct evidence but based on indirect evidence and experience (inductive reasoning), that something is true, real, or will happen): belief, confidence, trust
- (system of religious belief): religion
- (Belief without proof)
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[edit] External links
- faith in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- faith in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
