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US
/ˈfeɪθ/
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[ UK /fˈeɪθ/ ]
[ UK /fˈeɪθ/ ]
NOUN
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an institution to express belief in a divine power
a member of his own faith contradicted him
he was raised in the Baptist religion -
loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person
keep the faith
they broke faith with their investors -
complete confidence in a person or plan etc
he cherished the faith of a good woman
the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust -
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
he lost his faith but not his morality
How To Use faith In A Sentence
- You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi
- BRODY: They had to deal with that, and so they're reticent to a certain degree to kind of delve into some of the faith issues as it relates to the political environment, if you will, because they know that he can get a lot of backlash. CNN Transcript May 6, 2009
- While poor excommunicated Miss Tox, who, if she were a fawner and toad – eater, was at least an honest and a constant one, and had ever borne a faithful friendship towards her impeacher and had been truly absorbed and swallowed up in devotion to the magnificence of Mr Dombey and Son
- Although Jameson is clear-eyed about the corrosive effects of modernity, his methodology nevertheless seemed to require his allegiance to secularization and to convergence theories of modernization; moreover, the acuity and insight of the readings produced by this methodology served to justify that faith a posteriori. Introduction
- Faith in controlled nuclear fission is now being shown by the construction of atomic power stations.
- For him, cruelty was a legitimate and necessary procedure, almost a profession of faith, and European artists showed him how to excruciate a tame local reality.
- During the last year, two-thirds had remained faithful to a single partner.
- This is the obedience of faith to which personal conviction leads.
- In his relations with his commercial agent a principal must act dutifully and in good faith.
- Church of Constantinople was still strong, as is shown by the great work of S. Theodore of the S.udium, famous as a hymn-writer, a liturgiologist, and a defender of the faith. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003
