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English

Etymology

Pronunciation

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IPA: 'feɪθfl

Adjective

faithful

loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause
* A faithful dog
having faith
* Faithful to God
reliable; worthy of trust
* A faithful servant
consistent with reality
* A faithful reproduction

Derived terms

Noun

The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
* The faithful pray five times a day

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Faithful \Faith"ful\, a.
1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe,
especially in the declarations and promises of God.
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You are not faithful, sir. --B. Jonson.
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2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties,
or other engagements.
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The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy
with them that love him. --Deut. vii.
9.
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3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person
to whom one is bound by a vow, by ties of love, gratitude,
or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the
observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a
faithful husband or servant.
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So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found,
Among the faithless, faithful only he. --Milton.
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4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot
fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or
representation.
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It is a faithful saying. --2 Tim. ii.
11.
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The Faithful, the adherents of any system of religious
belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of
Mohammed.

Syn: Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious;
trustworthy. -- Faith"ful*ly, adv. -Faith"ful*ness,
n.
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WordNet faithful
adj 1: steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful
service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that
England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"
[ant: unfaithful]
2: marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a
faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of
the observed facts" [syn: close]
3: not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband
or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained
faithful to his wife" [ant: unfaithful]
n 1: any loyal and steadfast following
2: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and
habitually attend a given church [syn: congregation, fold]

Moby Dictionary
Christian , Christianlike , Christianly , abandoned , accepted ,
accurate , acquiescent , active , adoring , affectionate , afire ,
approved , ardent , assiduous , assured , at one with , attached ,
authentic , authoritative , believing , breathing , burning ,
calculable , canonical , careful , certain , close , committed ,
compliant , complying , confident , conforming , conjugal ,
conscientious , consistent , constant , continuing , conventional ,
convinced , convincing , correct , credible , cultish , cultist ,
cultistic , customary , dedicated , delicate , delineative ,
demonstrative , dependable , depictive , descriptive , detailed ,
devoted , devout , diligent , direct , dogged , dogmatic , doubtless ,
duteous , dutiful , dyed-in-the-wool , earnest , enduring , evangelical ,
even , exact , expositive , express , expressive , faithworthy , fast ,
fastidious , fervent , fervid , fideistic , fiery , filial , fine ,
finical , finicky , firm , flaming , fond , graphic , hearty , heated ,
honest , hot , hot-blooded , husbandly , immutable , impassioned ,
impressed with , in earnest , inalterable , indefatigable ,
indomitable , industrious , inerrable , inerrant , infallible ,
insistent , intense , intent , intent on , invincible , just ,
languishing , lasting , law-abiding , liege , lifelike , literal ,
living , lovelorn , lovesick , lovesome , loving , loyal ,
marble-constant , maternal , mathematical , melting , meticulous ,
micrometrically precise , microscopic , mindful , moral , natural ,
naturalistic , never-tiring , nice , obedient , observant , obstinate ,
of the faith , on fire , orthodox , orthodoxical , parental ,
particular , passionate , paternal , patient , patient as Job , perfect ,
perfervid , permanent , perseverant , persevering , persistent ,
persisting , persuaded , pertinacious , pietistic , pinpoint , pious ,
pistic , plodding , plugging , positive , practicing , prayerful ,
precise , predictable , preoccupied , proper , punctilious , punctual ,
rapt , realistic , received , red-hot , refined , regardful , relentless ,
reliable , religious , religiously exact , representative , resolute ,
reverent , reverential , right , righteous , rigid , rigorous , romantic ,
satisfied , scientific , scientifically exact , scriptural ,
scrupulous , secure , sedulous , sentimental , serious , severe ,
sincere , single-minded , sleepless , slogging , soft , sold on , solemn ,
solid , sound , speaking , spirited , square , stable , standard ,
staunch , steadfast , steady , strict , stubborn , submissive ,
substantial , subtle , sure , surefire , tenacious , tender , tested ,
textual , theistic , thorough , tireless , to the life , traditional ,
traditionalistic , tried , tried and true , true , true to life ,
true to nature , true-blue , trusted , trustworthy , trusty , truthful ,
unabating , unconquerable , undaunted , under the impression ,
undeviating , undiscouraged , undistorted , undoubtful , undoubting ,
undrooping , unerring , unfailing , unfaltering , unflagging ,
unflinching , unintermitting , uninterrupted , unnodding , unrelaxing ,
unrelenting , unremitting , unsleeping , unswerving , untiring ,
unwavering , unwearied , unwearying , unwinking , upright ,
utterly attentive , uxorious , valid , vehement , venerational ,
venerative , veracious , veridical , virtuous , vivid , warm , weariless ,
well-drawn , well-founded , well-grounded , white-hot , wifely ,
willing , worshipful , zealous

Faithful as a designation of Christians, means full of faith, trustful, and not simply trustworthy (Acts 10:45; 16:1; 2 Cor. 6:15; Col. 1:2; 1 Tim. 4:3, 12; 5:16; 6:2; Titus 1:6; Eph. 1:1; 1 Cor. 4:17, etc.). It is used also of God's word or covenant as true and to be trusted (Ps. 119:86, 138; Isa. 25:1; 1 Tim. 1:15; Rev. 21:5; 22:6, etc.).