(n.) Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony.
(n.) The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth.
(n.) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith.
(n.) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith.
(n.) That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.
(n.) Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.
(n.) Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith.
(n.) Credibility or truth.
(interj.) By my faith; in truth; verily.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data indicate that RNA faithfully transfers "suppressive" as well as "positive" types of immune responses that have been reported previously for lymphocytes obtained directly from tumour-bearing and tumour-immune animals.
(2) They had learned through hard experience what Frederick Douglass once taught -- that freedom is not given, it must be won, through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith.
(3) Broad-based secular comprehensives that draw in families across the class, faith and ethnic spectrum, entirely free of private control, could hold a new appeal.
(4) This was faithfully reflected in the pattern of pulsatile LH discharges.
(5) The concept of a head of state as a "defender" of any sort of faith is uncomfortable in an age when religion is again acquiring a habit of militancy.
(6) Several former hostages, now safely in Europe, say he had spent the past year true to the creed of his new faith.
(7) The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, the Bishop of Hulme, who speaks for the Anglican church on urban life and faith, is less sanguine.
(8) In such circumstances faith in the project inevitably ebbs among the faithful.
(9) Told him we'll waive VAT on #BandAid30 so every penny goes to fight Ebola November 15, 2014 Thousands of onlookers turned out to watch the arrival of artists including One Direction, Paloma Faith, Disclosure, Jessie Ware, Ellie Goulding and Clean Bandit at Sarm studios in Notting Hill, west London .
(10) He called for care for the environment to be added to the seven spiritual works of mercy outlined in the Gospel that the faithful are asked to perform throughout the pope’s year of mercy in 2016.
(11) Theresa May’s efforts as home secretary to launch the inquiry in 2014 revealed a rush to judgment and a faith that the great and the good – our own or somebody else’s – could get hold of this and control it.
(12) "He is a person of faith and he has shown his greatness in a very short time," said Diego Moreno, who had travelled with two friends from Mendoza in Argentina.
(13) | Mary Dejevsky Read more Third, if that breakthrough can be delivered with good faith on all sides, that could potentially be the basis to revive the Kerry-Lavrov ceasefire , open humanitarian channels into Aleppo, and start the process of negotiating a lasting peace.
(14) A letter from the Islamic Society of Britain and the Association of Muslim Lawyers pointed out that this group has no standing among faithful Muslims and it is certainly not a state.
(15) Then there are the divisions of ethnicity, faith and caste, the ancient social hierarchy prevalent in much of south Asia.
(16) Ultimately, like in virtually any other industry, having faith in a product or a system comes from past experiences and referrals from people you trust about what to expect.
(17) She was also a pacifist and lived her Catholic faith, no matter how difficult that made her life.
(18) Faith said: “The Tories are going to have to think very carefully about how they implement £12bn cuts.
(19) It’s no good me swearing on a Bible; I don’t share your faith.” Morrison said: “I will do it, Ray, but I think it’s a very offensive thing for you to ask me to do but I’ll do it if that’s what you require...if you insist I will.” Hadley did not persist with the demand.
(20) Cerebellar and adrenal microsomes were used in a ligand-displacement mass assay (conducted under near-physiological conditions, at pH 7.0) on extracts of cerebral-cortex slices stimulated with agonists, and both preparations faithfully detected the increases in Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 that occurred, implying that Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 is the principal ligand on these binding sites in intact cells.
Treachery
Definition:
(n.) Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
Example Sentences:
(1) All potential treacheries must be assessed by each elderly traveler.
(2) ‘Patriotism’ is a difficult concept to pin, and one man’s patriotism can easily be misjudged as folly or even treachery if we start judging based on a narrow understanding of the term.” Walid, a Muslim veteran of the navy, added that “even though we invaded Iraq based upon bogus information, that doesn’t diminish the sacrifice of Captain Khan and other American service members who lost their lives”.
(3) He has been accused by the Eurosceptic press of treachery, a vanishing act and a euro sulk.
(4) 2.31am BST Turnbull hurled his observation that the Bloguer Bolter, (with his treachery theory), was losing a certain amount of .. shall we say .. grip .. while attending Stay Smart Online week.
(5) Not only did he miss a sitter in a defeat that meant an early exit for Spain, he was also booed throughout by Brazilian fans who cannot forgive his “treachery”.
(6) Earlier in the day a last-ditch effort by the junta to stem the violence by offering concessions to their critics – including the passing of a long-awaited "treachery law" that would bar former members of Hosni Mubarak's now-disbanded ruling party from running in the upcoming elections, which are now less than a week away – appeared only to galvanise resistance.
(7) And a febrile media culture has developed that rewards treachery.
(8) of Jürgen Klopp's side have taken to the attacking midfielder's Facebook page to accuse him of treachery, which is less than ideal preparation ahead of Dortmund's semi-final first leg against Real Madrid tomorrow night, arguably the biggest fixture in the German club's history.
(9) "This is rank treachery," Zuckerman replied angrily, while Mountbatten later reported the conversation to the Queen.
(10) Zardari's government was accused of treachery over the proposal, which was made in a memo delivered to the US military chief, Admiral Mike Mullen.
(11) It had been "hard to withstand tribalism", he said, but insisted that working in partnership during a period of crisis was not treachery but "progress".
(12) The state news agency KCNA runs a curious combination of brief news items such as its coverage of Clinton's visit, angry denunciations of the treachery of "puppet authorities" in South Korea and long tales of the leadership's care for ordinary people.
(13) Former Wallabies player Bill Calcraft eyes Bronwyn Bishop’s Sydney seat Read more Bishop’s office has been inundated with calls complaining of her “treachery”, to the point where her staffers turned off the phones.
(14) He sold off natural resources "at random" and committed treachery by selling off land at the Rason special economic zone for five decades, it added, apparently in reference to a deal with Russia.
(15) Although I will admit that the fact he preceded this terrible announcement about the treachery of his homeland with a tweet to Ping Pong saying how much he is "looking forward to seeing my fluffy sweet parrot soon!
(16) But distrust is equally growing in America, where, in the aftermath of the Bin Laden raid, Pakistan has become a byword for treachery and clumsy deception – even on the comedy stations.
(17) The pressure against such "treachery" will be intense – there are parallels here with the crisis Papandreou's grandfather faced as prime minister in 1965.
(18) On the one hand, Breivik indicts feminism with causing our alleged "cultural suicide", both by encouraging reproductive treachery and also because women are apparently more supportive of multiculturalism.
(19) Ahmed is now between Allah's hands and Allah is a thousand times more powerful than the west.” But there is bitterness too over suspicions, widely shared in militant circles here, of treachery and the belief that fellow Libyans collaborated with US forces to lure Abu Khattala to the outskirts of Benghazi, where he was apparently bundled into a car and driven to a waiting helicopter.
(20) When the ISI discovered this "act of treachery", Haqqani, instead of saying that he was acting under orders from Zardari, denied the entire story.