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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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"Faithful" Quotes from Famous Books

... with much sternness, the Prince concluded his address. Next morning the members of the club were suitably provided for by his munificence, and the President set forth upon his travels, under the supervision of Mr. Geraldine, and a pair of faithful and adroit lackeys, well trained in the Prince's household. Not content with this, discreet agents were put in possession of the house in Box Court, and all letters or visitors for the Suicide Club or its officials were to be examined by Prince ...

— New Arabian Nights • Robert Louis Stevenson

... accident, Miss Isobel and Miss Enid had stood appalled before their new responsibilities. They were like two trembling dead leaves that still cling to a shattered but sturdy old oak. What made matters worse was the absence of the faithful black Tom, who for years had served them by day and guarded them by night. They lived in constant fear of burglars, which grew into a veritable terror when some one broke into the pantry and rifled ...

— Quin • Alice Hegan Rice

... he pointed to a small opening above our heads, through which the sky could be seen. We went on a little way; but it appeared to me that we were getting more and more involved in the mazes of the forest. I looked at Chickango. He had always been faithful. I could not suppose that he now intended treachery; and yet could he have had any private communication with the natives we had been visiting, and agreed to deliver the white men dead or alive into their hands? I was following close behind him, for often there was not room for ...

— In the Wilds of Africa • W.H.G. Kingston

... a presentiment that you would not survive this illness. I lose in you the most faithful, and the only friend on whom I could rely, in the persecutions which threaten me. I feel my loss, but rejoice in your happiness, I could envy you. Death only lends a helping hand to rend away the veil, which hides infinite beauties. Our Lord has strongly ...

— Letters of Madam Guyon • P. L. Upham

... some pliant usurper, a puppet-Emperor being what is needed to repeat in China the history of Korea. Japan would be willing to go to any lengths to secure the attainment of this reactionary object. Faithful to her "divine mission," she is ceaselessly stirring up trouble and hoping that time may still be left her to consolidate her position on the Asiatic mainland, one of her latest methods being to busy herself at distant points in the Pacific so ...

— The Fight For The Republic in China • Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale

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