faith

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.

   “The faithfulness of Old Faithful gives us faith in it.”

   “I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.”

   “Have faith in him, buddy.”

   “You need to have faith in yourself, that you can overcome your shortcomings and become a good person.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.

   “I have faith that my prayers will be answered.”

   “I have faith in the healing power of crystals.”

   “Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, 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; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”

   “We have but faith: we cannot know; ⁠For knowledge is of things we see ⁠And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow.”

3. (countable, metonymically, uncountable)A religious or spiritual belief system.

   “The Christian faith.”

   “We seek justice for the Indo-European Folk Faith; what's wrong in our literature for that?”

   “Gradually I realized that I needed a faith to rely on.”

4. (countable, uncountable)An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.

   “He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.”

5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Credibility or truth.

   “1784-1810, William Mitford, History of Greece the faith of the foregoing […] narrative”

adv

1. (alt-of, alternative, archaic, not-comparable)Alternative form of in faith (“really, truly”).

   ““How wonderfully,” said Vincent, “your city dignities unloose the tongue: directly a man has been a mayor, he thinks himself qualified for a Tully at least. Faith, Venables asked me one day, what was the Latin for spouting? and I told him, ‘hippomanes, or a raging humour in mayors.’””

   “'Faith, friend,' he says, 'that was a nasty fall for a fellow that has supped weel. Where might your road be gaun to?'”

intj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, obsolete)Ellipsis of by my faith.

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A female given name from English.

   “"Now, I was called Faith after the cardinal virtue; and I like my name, though many people would think it too Puritan; that was according to our gentle mother's pious desire.”

   ““Faith.” “No name that—no name that! I can’t stomach such a name. Got any other?” “No, sir.” “Don’t like the name, don’t like it. There’s no smeddum to it. Besides, it makes me think of my Aunt Jinny. She called her three girls Faith, Hope, and Charity. Faith didn’t believe in anything—Hope was a born pessimist—and Charity was a miser.”

   “There was something to be said for all those religiously influenced names – Patience, Grace, Chastity, Faith. Better to be named for a virtue than to be landed with a forgettable name like 'Martin'.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A surname, also used as a stage name.
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