Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or character of being faithful; fidelity; truth; loyalty; constancy.
- noun Synonyms Constancy, Fidelity, etc. See
firmness .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the trait of being faithful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
faithful ;allegiance ;loyalty ;fidelity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being faithful
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Examples
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It's about reflecting the call of Jesus as recorded in Matthew 25 to serve the needs of the poor, the ill and those who are oppressed as an expression of faithfulness to him.
Rev. Larry Hollon: Serving Others To Change The World Rev. Larry Hollon 2011
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It's about reflecting the call of Jesus as recorded in Matthew 25 to serve the needs of the poor, the ill and those who are oppressed as an expression of faithfulness to him.
Rev. Larry Hollon: Serving Others To Change The World Rev. Larry Hollon 2011
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Its message of sexual abstinence and faithfulness is the ideal formula for avoiding HIV/AIDS on a personal basis and reducing AIDS in the society.
Seizing Tomorrow 2007
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It resides in faithfulness to our great constitutional ideals.
Balkinization 2006
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But if he fails in faithfulness which by his oath he is bound unto, then he must answer for it.
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This is no sense at all of the faithfulness of God, neither is the word ever used in Scripture to signify any such thing in God or man, nor can it with any tolerable sense be applied to any such thing; neither would there be any analogy between that which in God we call faithfulness and that virtue in man which is so termed.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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I think even a dog's faithfulness is out of place in such circumstances.
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot, the Shoe King's Son 1947
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"Christ" (Heb 3: 1), highly as they regard Moses who resembled Him in faithfulness (Heb 3: 2). was -- Greek, "has been." counted worthy of more glory -- by God, when He exalted Him to His own right hand.
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Smyrna's faithfulness is rewarded by its candlestick not having been removed out of its place (Re 2: 5); Christianity has never wholly left it; whence the Turks call it, "Infidel Smyrna."
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He now turns with unabated desire and trust to God, who, in His strength and faithfulness, is contrasted with the urgent dangers described.
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