Meaning of faith | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name from English.
   countable, uncountable
2. A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
   countable, uncountable
3. A surname, also used as a stage name.
   countable, uncountable
4. first-person singular preterite indicative
5. A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.
   countable, uncountable
6. Indeed; truly.
7. A religious or spiritual belief system.
   countable, metonymically, uncountable
8. A place in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
9. An unincorporated community in Norman County, Minnesota.
   countable, uncountable
10. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
11. in faith, in truth; indeed.
12. An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
    countable, uncountable
13. An unincorporated community in Miller County, Missouri.
    countable, uncountable
14. third-person singular imperative
15. a reliance, in a search for religious truth, on faith alone. — fideist, n. — fideistic. adj.
    n
16. Credibility or truth.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
17. A town in Rowan County, North Carolina.
    countable, uncountable
18. referring to or having a pure and genuine faith.
19. A minor city in Meade County, South Dakota.
    countable, uncountable
20. the branch of theology that studies the characteristics of faith.
21. getrou, eerlik, opreg بإخْلاص، بِصِدْق вярно fielmente věrně treu pålideligt πιστάfielmente truult با ایمان؛ با خلوص نیت uskollisesti fidèlement בְּנֶאֱמָנוּת वफादार, विश्वासभाजन vjerno, tocno hűségesen; megbízhatóan dengan setia með tryggð; nákvæmlega fedelmente 忠実に 충실하게, 성실히 ištikimai, tiksliai uzticami; patiesi dengan setia getrouwtrofast, nøyaktigwiernie په وفا دارۍ fielmente cu fidelitate верно; точно verne zvesto verno troget อย่างจงรักภักดี bağlılıkla 忠誠地 вірно; чесно وفادارانہ một các...
22. a polite way of ending a formal (usually business) letter which starts with `Dear Sir` or `Dear Madam`. In American English `Sincerely yours` or `Truly yours` is used. die uwe المُخْلِص с почит Atenciosamente S úctou Váš Hochtachtungsvoll, Mit freundlichen Grüßen med venlig hilsen ειλικρινά δικός σας le saluda atentamente, atentamente lugupidamisega ارادتمند شما kunnioittavasti Je vous prie d'agréer, Messieur/Madame, l'expression de mes sentiment distingués שֶׁלך בְּנֶאֱמָנוּת पत्र के अंत में...
    usually
23. trou, getrouheid, gelowigheid إخْلاص، صِدْق вярност fidelidade věrnost die Treue trofasthed πίστηfidelidad truudus ایمان؛ وفاداری uskollisuus fidélitéנאמנות ईमानदारी vjernost hűség, megbízhatóság kesetiaan tryggð; nákvæmni fedeltà 忠実 충실함 ištikimybė uzticība; lojalitāte kesetiaan getrouwheidtrofasthet, nøyaktighetwierność په وفا دارۍ fidelidade fidelitate верность vernosť zvestoba lojalnost trohet, trofasthet ความซื่อสัตย์ bağlılık 誠實 вірність; надійність وفاکشی lòng trung thành 诚实
24. ontrou, onbetroubaar, ongelowig خائِن، غَير جَدير بالثِّقَه неверен infiel nevěrný treulos troløs; illoyal; utro άπιστοςdesleal ebausaldatav بی ایمان؛ عهد شکن uskoton déloyal לֹא נֶאֱמָן नास्तिक nevjeran, izdajnički hűtlen; hitetlen tidak setia ótrúr; trúlaus infedele 不実な 불성실한 neištikimas, nepatikimas neuzticīgs; neuzticams tidak setia ongelovig, trouweloostroløs, svikefull, upåliteligniewierny بې وفا، جفا كار infiel necredincios вероломный neverný nezvest nepouzdan trolös, svekfull ที่ไม่ซื่...
25. ontrou, onbetroubaarheid, ongelowigheid خِيانَه، عَدَم إخْلاص вероломство infidelidade nevěrnost die Treulosigkeit troløshed; illoyalitet; utroskab απιστίαinfidelidad ebausaldatavus بی ایمانی؛ عهد شکنی uskottomuus déloyauté חוֹסֶר אֵמוּנָה नास्तिकता, बेईमानी आदि nevjernost, nevjera hűtlenség; hitetlenség ketidaksetiaan ótryggð; trúleysi infedeltà 不実 불성실함 neištikimumas, nepatikimumas neuzticība tidak setianya trouweloosheidtroløshet, svikefullhetniewierność جفاكارى، بې وفايى، بې ايمانى infidel...

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Examples

“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.”

“For we are a nation of believers. Underneath the clamor of building and the rush of our day's pursuits, we are believers in justice and liberty and union, and in our own Union. We believe that every man must someday be free. And we believe in ourselves. That is the mistake that our enemies have always made. In my lifetime--in depression and in war--they have awaited our defeat. Each time, from the secret places of the American heart, came forth the faith they could not see or that they could not even imagine. It brought us victory. And it will again.”

“[…]with a mentality anchored in a profoundly influential and persistent hostility to central features of the Enlightment faith in the theoretical and practical autonomy of the human subject.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“"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'.”

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