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noun
Idiom1.
confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
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belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
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belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion: the firm faith of the Pilgrims.
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belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc.: to be of the same faith with someone concerning honesty.
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EXPANDa system of religious belief: the Christian faith; the Jewish faith.
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the obligation of loyalty or fidelity to a person, promise, engagement, etc.: Failure to appear would be breaking faith.
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the observance of this obligation; fidelity to one's promise, oath, allegiance, etc.: He was the only one who proved his faith during our recent troubles.
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COLLAPSEChristian Theology. the trust in God and in His promises as made through Christ and the Scriptures by which humans are justified or saved.
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in faith, in truth; indeed: In faith, he is a fine lad.
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Origin:
1200–50; Middle English feith < Anglo-French fed, Old French feid, feit < Latin fidem, accusative of fidēs trust, akin to fīdere to trust. See confide
1200–50; Middle English feith < Anglo-French fed, Old French feid, feit < Latin fidem, accusative of fidēs trust, akin to fīdere to trust. See confide
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mul·ti·faith, adjective
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faith
mid-13c., "duty of fulfilling one's trust," from O.Fr. feid, from L. fides "trust, belief," from root of fidere "to trust," from PIE base *bhidh-/*bhoidh- (cf. Gk. pistis; see bid). For sense evolution, see belief. Theological sense is from late
EXPAND 14c.; religions called faiths since c.1300. Old Faithful geyser named 1870 by explorer Gen. H.D. Washburn, Surveyor-General of the Montana Territory, in reference to the regularity of its outbursts.
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