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infidelic

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in⋅fi⋅del

[in-fi-dl, -del]
–noun
1. Religion.
a. a person who does not accept a particular faith, esp. Christianity.
b. (in Christian use) an unbeliever, esp. a Muslim.
c. (in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; kaffir.
2. a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever.
3. (loosely) a person who disbelieves or doubts a particular theory, belief, creed, etc.; skeptic.
–adjective
4. not accepting a particular faith, esp. Christianity or Islam; heathen.
5. without religious faith.
6. due to or manifesting unbelief: infidel ideas.
7. rejecting the Christian religion while accepting no other; not believing in the Bible or any Christian divine revelation.
8. Also, in⋅fi⋅del⋅ic [in-fi-del-ik] . of, pertaining to, or characteristic of unbelievers or infidels.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME < LL infidēlis unbelieving, L: unfaithful, treacherous. See in- 3 , feal


1–3. See atheist.
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