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Faith

noun

A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny. Synonyms: religion, religious belief.

Complete confidence in a person or plan etc. Synonym: trust. "The doctor-patient relationship is based on trust"

An institution to express belief in a divine power. Synonyms: organized religion, religion. "A member of his own faith contradicted him"

Loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person. "They broke faith with their investors"

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"Faith" Quotes from Famous Books

... Indians sufficiently showed their faith in their own doctrines by immediately setting about a series of curious and elaborate ceremonies, which it was impossible to comprehend, and decidedly unprofitable to describe. They appeared, however, to attach much importance to their propitiatory offerings, the chief among which seemed ...

— Ungava • R.M. Ballantyne

... inward sigh of relief. Benjamin Clymer had proved true blue; he had not permitted Colonel McIntyre's desire for immediate publicity and belief in Turnbull's guilt to shake his faith in his friend. ...

— The Red Seal • Natalie Sumner Lincoln

... traitor," she almost screamed at me in the street, this well-bred girl! "My money is just as good as coin you'll see! Go to Yankee land. It will suit you better with your sordid views and want of faith, than the ...

— Strange True Stories of Louisiana • George Washington Cable

... in faith," said Lionel, "even when faith is applied but to things human and earthly, that let a man be but firmly persuaded that he is born to do, some day, what at the moment seems impossible, and it is fifty to one but what he does it before he dies. Surely, when ...

— What Will He Do With It, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... prepense (especially, for obvious reasons, if a hare is in any way concerned) in scorn, not in ignorance, by persons who are well acquainted with the real meaning of the word and even with its Sanscrit origin. The truth is that an incredulous Western world puts no faith in Mahatmas. To it a Mahatma is a kind of spiritual Mrs. Harris, giving an address in Thibet at which no letters are delivered. Either, it says, there is no such person, or he is a fraudulent scamp with no greater occult ...

— The Mahatma and the Hare • H. Rider Haggard

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