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  • 11faith — /fayth/, n. 1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another s ability. 2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact. 3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of… …

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  • 12faith — [[t]fe͟ɪθ[/t]] ♦♦♦ faiths 1) N UNCOUNT: usu N in n If you have faith in someone or something, you feel confident about their ability or goodness. She had placed a great deal of faith in Mr Penleigh... People have lost faith in the British… …

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  • 13Faith — /fayth/, n. a female given name. * * * (as used in expressions) faith healing Ringgold Faith Thirteen Articles of Faith Thirteen Principles of Faith * * * ▪ religion Greek  Pistis , Latin  Fides        inner attitude, conviction, or trust… …

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  • 14faith — Trust, especially in the reliability of God. A modern understanding of faith is that it is an inferior kind of knowledge or an acceptance of an opinion or story which cannot be wholly proved. The biblical meaning of faith (the corresponding verb… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 15faith */*/*/ — UK [feɪθ] / US noun Word forms faith : singular faith plural faiths 1) [uncountable] strong belief in or trust of someone or something have faith in: I m delighted to know you have such faith in me. lose faith in: The public have lost faith in… …

    English dictionary

  • 16faith — n. firm belief, trust 1) to have faith in; to place one s faith in 2) to lose faith in 3) to shake smb. s faith in 4) an abiding, enduring, steadfast; deep, strong, unshakable faith 5) on faith (to accept on faith) fidelity to one s promises 6)… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 17faith will move mountains — With allusion to MATTHEW xvii. 20 (AV) If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain; Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove. Cf. I CORINTHIANS xiii. 2 (AV) though I have all faith; so that I could remove …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 18faith —    Within analytical philosophy faith is an epistemological term referring to belief in a proposition in the absence of evidence due (at least in part) to trust in the source of that belief. Faith thus involves both cognitive apprehension and… …

    Christian Philosophy

  • 19Faith — For anyone in the Middle Ages, faith was a cornerstone element of their lives, without which the struggle and privations. For a medieval person, life on earth was but a brief transition to the afterlife in heaven, hell or purgatory. A knight was… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 20faith — noun /feɪθ/ a) A feeling, conviction or belief that something is true, real, or will happen. Have faith that the criminal justice system will avenge the murder. b) An obligation of …

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