Punic faith

Definitions

1. Treachery, deceitfulness, bad faith.
   archaic, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of Punic faith.
   alt-of, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“His line of education, as well as his father's tenets in matters of church and state, had taught him a holy horror for Papists, and a devout belief in whatever had been said of the Punic faith of Jesuits.”

“Mexico . . . weakened her cause by her own⟳ punic faith, instability, military oppression, and political revolutions, giving to the Texans in particular ample justification for their revolt.”

“Mr. Bright . . . speaks in the following terms, in his address to his constituents, of the Punic faith of the Palmerston-Russell Administration on the question⟳ of reform⟳: " . . . The House which was returned at that election has been disloyal to its pledges, and has neglected its first duty."”

“The Carthaginians, in the Roman view⟳, were treacherous fellows. "Punica fides" ("Punic faith") became Latin for double-dealing.”

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