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adjective

Faithful adj.

Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. "You are not faithful, sir."

Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements. "The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him."

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. "So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless, faithful only he."

Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation. "It is a faithful saying."

The Faithful, the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.

Synonyms: Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy.

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... interest, has no equal in the world's literature. In Abelard, the scholarly monk has completely replaced the man; in Heloise, the saintly nun is but a veil assumed in loving obedience to him, to conceal the deep-hearted, faithful, devoted flesh-and-blood woman. And such a woman! It may well be doubted if, for all that constitutes genuine womanhood, she ever had an equal. If there is salvation in love, Heloise is in the heaven of heavens. She does not ...

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... women, true of heart And faithful found, ye shall in peace depart, Each to her home: behold ...

— The Iphigenia in Tauris • Euripides

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— Roman Mosaics - Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood • Hugh Macmillan

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