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fiducial

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fi⋅du⋅cial

  [fi-doo-shuhl, -dyoo-]
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–adjective
1. accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
2. based on or having trust: fiducial dependence upon God.
Origin:
1565–75; < LL fīdūciālis, equiv. to fīdūci(a) trust (akin to fīdere to trust) + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
fi⋅du⋅cial⋅ly, adverb
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fi·du·cial   (fĭ-dōō'shəl, -dyōō'-, fī-)   
adj.  

  1. Based on or relating to faith or trust.

  2. Relating to or characteristic of a legal trust; fiduciary.

  3. Regarded or employed as a standard of reference, as in surveying.


[Late Latin fīdūciālis, from Latin fīdūcia, trust, from fīdere, to trust; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.]
fi·du'cial·ly adv.
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