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English

Alternative spellings

feith, feithe, fayth, faythe, faithe (obsolete)

Pronunciation

IPA: /feɪθ/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-faith.ogg
: Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪθ|-eɪθ

Etymology

From Middle English feith, from Old French feid, from Latin fides, faith, trust. Used in English since the 12th Century.

Noun

Mental acceptance of and confidence in a claim as truth without proof supporting the claim.
: I have faith in a just and loving God.
(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 or object.
: I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.
A system of religious belief.
: The Christian faith has been spread by proselytize|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.

Synonyms

(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)

Translations

Albanian: besim, {{t+|sq|besë|f|xs=Albanian}}
Bosnian: {{t-|bs|vjera|f}}
Chinese: 信念 (trad. and simp.), pinyin xìnniàn
Czech: {{t-|cs|víra|f}}
Croatian: {{t-|hr|vjera|f}}
Danish:
Dutch:
Finnish:
Esperanto: {{t-|eo|fido|xs=Esperanto}}
French: {{t+|fr|foi|f}}
German:
Greek: {{t+|el|πίστη|tr=písti|sc=polytonic}}
Italian: {{t+|it|fede|f}}
Japanese: 信頼 (しんらい, shinrai, trust), 信奉 (しんぽう, shinpō)
Korean: 믿음 (mideum)

Maltese: {{t-|mt|fidi|xs=Maltese}}
Polish: {{t+|pl|wiara|f}}
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fé|f}}
Romanian: credinţă
Russian: {{t+|ru|вера|f|sc=Cyrl}}
Scots: Gaelic creideamh , creideas
Serbian:
: Cyrillic: вера
: Roman: vera
Slovak: {{t-|sk|viera|f}}
Spanish: {{t+|es|fe|f}}
Telugu: {{t|te|నమ్మకము|tr=nammakamu|sc=Telu}}, {{t|te|విశ్వాసము|tr=viswaasamu|sc=Telu}}

Derived terms

Related terms

fidelity

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Faith \Faith\ (f[=a]th), n. [OE. feith, fayth, fay, OF. feid,
feit, fei, F. foi, fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr.
pei`qein to persuade. The ending th is perhaps due to the
influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See Bid,
Bide, and cf. Confide, Defy, Fealty.]
1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is
declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his
authority and veracity; reliance on testimony.
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2. The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of
another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he
utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of
any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth.
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Faith, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the
finite will and understanding to the reason.
--Coleridge.
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3. (Judeo-Christian Theol.)
(a) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the
Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of
its teachings, sometimes called historical and
speculative faith.
(b) (Christian Theol.) The belief in the facts and truth
of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them;
especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in
the person and work of Christ, which affects the
character and life, and makes a man a true Christian,
-- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith.
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Without faith it is impossible to please him
[God]. --Heb. xi. 6.
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The faith of the gospel is that emotion of the
mind which is called "trust" or "confidence"
exercised toward the moral character of God, and
particularly of the Savior. --Dr. T.
Dwight.
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Faith is an affectionate, practical confidence
in the testimony of God. --J. Hawes.
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4. That which is believed on any subject, whether in science,
politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of
religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan
faith; the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a
Christian society or church.
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Which to believe of her,
Must be a faith that reason without miracle
Could never plant in me. --Shak.
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Now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
--Gal. i. 23.
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5. Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a
person honored and beloved; loyalty.
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Children in whom is no faith. --Deut. xxvii.
20.
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Whose failing, while her faith to me remains,
I should conceal. --Milton.
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6. Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he
violated his faith.
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For you alone
I broke me faith with injured Palamon. --Dryden.
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7. Credibility or truth. [R.]
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The faith of the foregoing narrative. --Mitford.
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Act of faith. See Auto-da-f['e].

Breach of faith, Confession of faith, etc. See under
Breach, Confession, etc.

Faith cure, a method or practice of treating diseases by
prayer and the exercise of faith in God.

In good faith, with perfect sincerity.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Faith \Faith\, interj.
By my faith; in truth; verily.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fecks \Fecks\, n.
A corruption of the word faith. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] feculae

WordNet faith
n 1: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that
control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his
morality" [syn: religion, religious belief]
2: complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished
the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient
relationship is based on trust" [syn: trust]
3: institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was
raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own
faith contradicted him" [syn: religion]
4: loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the
faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"

Moby Dictionary
Weltanschauung , abandon , acceptation , acception , acquiescence ,
activity , adherence , adherents , adhesion , adoration , allegiance ,
apostolic faith , ardency , ardor , arrogance , articles of religion ,
aspiration , assumption , assurance , assured faith , assuredness ,
attachment , avouch , avouchment , belief , bona fides , bond ,
bonne foi , campaign , cardinal virtues , catechism , cause , certainty ,
certitude , charity , cheerful expectation , church , churchgoing ,
class , cocksureness , commitment , committedness , communion ,
compliance , confession , confidence , confidentness , conformity ,
connection , consecration , constancy , conviction , courage , credence ,
credenda , credit , credo , credulity , creed , crusade , cult , cultism ,
dedication , denomination , dependence , desire , devotedness ,
devotion , devoutness , disciples , doctrinal statement , doctrine ,
dogma , doomed hope , drive , duteousness , dutifulness , duty ,
earnestness , expectation , fair prospect , faithfulness , fealty ,
fervency , fervent hope , fervidness , fervor , fidelity , fire ,
firmness , followers , formulated belief , fortitude , good cheer ,
good faith , good hope , gospel , great cause , great expectations ,
guarantee , heartiness , heat , heatedness , high hopes , homage , hope ,
hopeful prognosis , hopefulness , hopes , hoping , hoping against hope ,
hubris , ideology , impassionedness , intensity , intentness , interest ,
ism , issue , justice , lifework , love , love of God , loyalty ,
mass movement , movement , natural virtues , oath , obedience ,
obediency , obligation , observance , old-time religion , order ,
orthodoxy , overconfidence , oversureness , overweening ,
overweeningness , parole , passion , passionateness , persuasion ,
pietism , piety , piousness , pledge , plight , poise , political faith ,
political philosophy , pomposity , positiveness , prayerful hope ,
presumption , pride , primitive faith , principle , promise , prospect ,
prospects , prudence , reason for being , reception , reliance ,
reliance on , religion , religionism , religious belief ,
religious faith , religiousness , resolution , reverence ,
sanguine expectation , school , sect , security , self-assurance ,
self-confidence , self-importance , self-reliance , seriousness ,
service , servility , servitium , settled belief , sincerity ,
solemn declaration , spirit , staunchness , steadfastness , stock ,
store , subjective certainty , submission , submissiveness ,
suit and service , suit service , supernatural virtues , sureness ,
surety , suspension of disbelief , system of belief ,
system of beliefs , teaching , temperance , tenets , the faith , theism ,
theological virtues , theology , tie , tradition , troth , true blue ,
true faith , trueness , trust , vehemence , veneration , vow , warmth ,
warranty , well-grounded hope , willingness , word , word of honor ,
world view , worship , worshipfulness , zeal

Faith Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phil. 1:27; 2 Thess. 2:13). Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. It admits of many degrees up to full assurance of faith, in accordance with the evidence on which it rests. Faith is the result of teaching (Rom. 10:14-17). Knowledge is an essential element in all faith, and is sometimes spoken of as an equivalent to faith (John 10:38; 1 John 2:3). Yet the two are distinguished in this respect, that faith includes in it assent, which is an act of the will in addition to the act of the understanding. Assent to the truth is of the essence of faith, and the ultimate ground on which our assent to any revealed truth rests is the veracity of God. Historical faith is the apprehension of and assent to certain statements which are regarded as mere facts of history. Temporary faith is that state of mind which is awakened in men (e.g., Felix) by the exhibition of the truth and by the influence of religious sympathy, or by what is sometimes styled the common operation of the Holy Spirit. Saving faith is so called because it has eternal life inseparably connected with it. It cannot be better defined than in the words of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism: "Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel." The object of saving faith is the whole revealed Word of God. Faith accepts and believes it as the very truth most sure. But the special act of faith which unites to Christ has as its object the person and the work of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 7:38; Acts 16:31). This is the specific act of faith by which a sinner is justified before God (Rom. 3:22, 25; Gal. 2:16; Phil. 3:9; John 3:16-36; Acts 10:43; 16:31). In this act of faith the believer appropriates and rests on Christ alone as Mediator in all his offices. This assent to or belief in the truth received upon the divine testimony has always associated with it a deep sense of sin, a distinct view of Christ, a consenting will, and a loving heart, together with a reliance on, a trusting in, or resting in Christ. It is that state of mind in which a poor sinner, conscious of his sin, flees from his guilty self to Christ his Saviour, and rolls over the burden of all his sins on him. It consists chiefly, not in the assent given to the testimony of God in his Word, but in embracing with fiducial reliance and trust the one and only Saviour whom God reveals. This trust and reliance is of the essence of faith. By faith the believer directly and immediately appropriates Christ as his own. Faith in its direct act makes Christ ours. It is not a work which God graciously accepts instead of perfect obedience, but is only the hand by which we take hold of the person and work of our Redeemer as the only ground of our salvation. Saving faith is a moral act, as it proceeds from a renewed will, and a renewed will is necessary to believing assent to the truth of God (1 Cor. 2:14; 2 Cor. 4:4). Faith, therefore, has its seat in the moral part of our nature fully as much as in the intellectual. The mind must first be enlightened by divine teaching (John 6:44; Acts 13:48; 2 Cor. 4:6; Eph. 1:17, 18) before it can discern the things of the Spirit. Faith is necessary to our salvation (Mark 16:16), not because there is any merit in it, but simply because it is the sinner's taking the place assigned him by God, his falling in with what God is doing. The warrant or ground of faith is the divine testimony, not the reasonableness of what God says, but the simple fact that he says it. Faith rests immediately on, "Thus saith the Lord." But in order to this faith the veracity, sincerity, and truth of God must be owned and appreciated, together with his unchangeableness. God's word encourages and emboldens the sinner personally to transact with Christ as God's gift, to close with him, embrace him, give himself to Christ, and take Christ as his. That word comes with power, for it is the word of God who has revealed himself in his works, and especially in the cross. God is to be believed for his word's sake, but also for his name's sake. Faith in Christ secures for the believer freedom from condemnation, or justification before God; a participation in the life that is in Christ, the divine life (John 14:19; Rom. 6:4-10; Eph. 4:15,16, etc.); "peace with God" (Rom. 5:1); and sanctification (Acts 26:18; Gal. 5:6; Acts 15:9). All who thus believe in Christ will certainly be saved (John 6:37, 40; 10:27, 28; Rom. 8:1). The faith=the gospel (Acts 6:7; Rom. 1:5; Gal. 1:23; 1 Tim. 3:9; Jude 1:3).

FAITH. Probity; good faith is the very soul of contracts. Faith also signifies confidence, belief; as, full faith and credit ought to be given to the acts of a magistrate while acting within his jurisdiction. Vide Bona fide.

FAITH, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

Faith, NC (town, FIPS 22600) Location: 35.58806 N, 80.46123 W Population (1990): 553 (234 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Faith, SD (city, FIPS 20980) Location: 45.02588 N, 102.03643 W Population (1990): 548 (249 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57626

Moby Dictionary 695
Housing Units (2000): 308
Land area (2000): 0.978662 sq. miles (2.534722 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.978662 sq. miles (2.534722 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22600
Located within: North Carolina (NC) , FIPS 37
Location: 35.586803 N , 80.461162 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Faith , NC
Faith

Moby Dictionary 489
Housing Units (2000): 274
Land area (2000): 1.198515 sq. miles (3.104139 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.198515 sq. miles (3.104139 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20980
Located within: South Dakota (SD) , FIPS 46
Location: 45.021648 N , 102.039502 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57626
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Faith , SD
Faith