fides

Sometimes the lesser man was said to be "in feu" to the greater; the Latin word fides, i.e., "the bond of honour", was a technical word employed.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Indeed, the word fiduciary comes from the Latin word fides, meaning faith.

David McWilliams 2008

It’s called faith from the Latin fides, which means to make a commitment to something.

The Dawkins Paradox 2006

My free market bona fides are as good as anyone's, and I have become increasingly suspicious of corporatiions -- principally because I see them as a threat to free enterprise.

Eternal vigilance ... Frank Wilson 2006

Since it is not italicized, I assume it is pronounced as English, so fides rhymes with rides.

Word Court 2004

Much I suppose could be made of the man's law enforcement bona fides, which is strange because Kerry Healey's sole qualification for public office in 2002 was a pair of criminal justice monographs she wrote for Abt Associates.

The Chimes at Midnight 2006

Since it is not italicized, I assume it is pronounced as English, so fides rhymes with rides.

Word Court 2004

Neither let that be feared which is said, Fronti nulla fides, which is meant of a general outward behaviour, and not of the private and subtle motions and labours of the countenance and gesture; which, as Q. Cicero elegantly saith, is Animi janua, “the gate of the mind.”

The Advancement of Learning 2003

Public acts, official records, ought to be either the originals (engrossed) or authentic copies, i.e., certified to be faithful copies of the original preserved in the protocol, the notary who transcribes the document witnessing on the copy itself that it is exact; this is what is known as fides instrumentorum, or trustworthiness of the documents.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Neither let that be feared which is said, Fronti nulla fides, which is meant of a general outward behaviour, and not of the private and subtle motions and labours of the countenance and gesture; which, as Q. Cicero elegantly saith, is Animi janua, "the gate of the mind."

The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593