faithful

[faith·ful]

Faithful describes someone who is reliable and consistent. If you're a faithful volunteer at the animal shelter, you show up every Saturday and work hard to help the animals.

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Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

Noun
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

Noun
any loyal and steadfast following

Adjective S.
marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"

Adjective
steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"

Adjective
not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained faithful to his wife"

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a.
Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

a.
Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.

a.
True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be 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.

a.
Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.


Faithful

Faith"ful , a. 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, be 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. Syn. -- Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy. -- Faith"ful*ly, adv. -Faith"ful*ness, n.

Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

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Usage Examples

By presenting a faithful and honest record of my experience as a mother, I hope to show both my readers and my children how truth can redeem even what you fear might be the gravest of sins.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.

I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.

I haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

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Other Usage Examples

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

I haven't been faithful to my wife. Our marriage has been tainted with my infidelities. I was irresponsible.

Historians and archaeologists will one day discover that the ads of our time are the richest and most faithful reflections that any society ever made of its entire range of activities.

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.

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