faith

nountrust in something

nounbelief in a higher being; community of believers

Word Origin & History

mid-13c., "duty of fulfilling one's trust," from Old French feid, foi "faith, belief, trust, confidence, pledge," from Latin fides "trust, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief," from root of fidere "to trust," from PIE root *bheidh- (cf. Greek pistis; see bid). For sense evolution, see belief. Theological sense is from late 14c.; religions called faiths since c.1300.

Example Sentences for faith

One might have been a model for the seraphs of Christian faith, the other an Olympian deity.

The city-pent, as we have intimated, must take this season largely on faith.

And he was both to batter it down, for he still had the gambler's faith in his luck.

Yet in the Protectionist dispensation, this has become an article of faith.

Have faith in me for a week, mother, and see ...

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