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Faithful   /fˈeɪθfəl/   Listen
adjective
Faithful  adj.  
1.
Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. "You are not faithful, sir."
2.
Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements. "The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him."
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. "So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless, faithful only he."
4.
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



... door of the Tower opened," went on the relentless Eyebright, "and the slender form of the Lady Jane appeared, led by the captain of the guard, and followed by a long procession of monks and soldiers. Her faithful Margaret was by her side, drowned in tears. She was so young, so fair and so sweet that all hearts pitied her, and when she turned to the priest and said, 'Fa-ther, do ...
— Eyebright - A Story • Susan Coolidge

... blissful track of love and sighs;— Oh, well I toiled, and these poor hands soiled, That her song might bloom in Italian skies!— The pains and fears of those lonely years, The nights of longing and hope and tears,— Her heart's sweet debt, and the long arrears Of love in those faithful eyes! ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II, No. 8, June 1858 • Various

... reproach him with unkindness for having placed a mistress over them, and the easy chair heaved as though with suppressed emotion, at the thought that its luxurious proportions had lost their charms. Collumpsion held a mental toss-up whether he repented of the change in his condition; and, as faithful historians, we are compelled to state that it was only the entrance, at that particular moment, of Juliana, that induced ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, September 12, 1841 • Various

... correspondence with a good-looking young law-student, (of whom more extended mention will presently be made,) and also to contrive many meetings and walks with him, of which nobody was cognizant but her sister and some five or six other bosom friends and faithful confidants. But Miss Cornelia, though as well inclined thereto as her sister, having, nevertheless, been able to find no lover to occupy her thoughts, and with whom to hold amatory interviews to fill her leisure, was fain to devote ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I, No. 1, Nov. 1857 • Various

... talking to beat the band. All at once I heard your name spoken, and in an angry voice; so I just raised my head a little to take a peep. Who should I see standing near by but that big bully, Nick Lang, and his faithful shadow, Leon Disney." ...
— The Chums of Scranton High - Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight • Donald Ferguson


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