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faithn.int. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French feit. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French feid, feit, fait (also Anglo-Norman and Middle French foit , Anglo-Norman and Old French fei , Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French foi : see fay n.1) religious faith (late 11th cent.), word of honour (c1100), fidelity, loyalty, allegiance (all late 12th cent.), (of an argument) credibility (mid 13th cent.), trust (second half of the 13th cent.), reliability (late 13th cent. or earlier), (with definite article) the Christian religion (a1417) < classical Latin fidēs trust, guarantee, promise, assurance, fulfilment of a promise, proof, confirmation, authoritativeness, credit, good name, financial credit, honesty, honour, loyalty, allegiance, credibility, trustworthiness, reliability, belief, conviction, confidence, range or possibility of belief, in post-classical Latin also belief in the Christian religion, Christian doctrine (Vulgate), the Christian religion (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), profession of the Christian religion (4th cent.) < the base of fīdere to trust < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek πείθεσθαι to be persuaded, to obey, and probably bide v., and also (with different ablaut grade) Gothic baidjan to compel, exercise a moral constraint (see bad adj., n.2, and adv.), Old Church Slavonic běda necessity, distress, Lithuanian bėda misfortune, trouble, Albanian be oath. Compare Old Occitan fe (c1100), Catalan fe (c1200), Spanish fe (12th cent., also †he (14th cent.)), Portuguese fé (12th cent.), Italian fede (mid 13th cent.). Compare also Welsh ffydd (13th cent as fit ; < Latin). Compare fay n.1Phonology. The dental fricative in English apparently reflects the pronunciation of the final consonant in the earliest stages of Anglo-Norman and Old French (before its deletion, probably in the 11th cent.), this would make faith the only borrowing from Anglo-Norman to preserve this feature in a monosyllabic word (compare the parallel borrowing fay n.1, without it); it may have been preserved under the influence of the semantically related truth n. and troth n. (For preservation of the early French final dental in suffixes, compare e.g. dainteth n. and the β. forms at plenty n., adj., and adv.) It has also been suggested that the final dental in English faith is -th suffix1 (i.e. showing suffixation of fei fay n.1 within English), but this rarely combines with nouns and not normally with first elements of non-Germanic origin. Models for religious senses. Ancient Greek πίστις , which is ultimately related to classical Latin fidēs and is generally translated by the Latin word in the New Testament, has a similar range of senses: trust, confidence, assurance, trustworthiness, honesty, credit, religious belief (in Hellenistic Greek also specifically denoting the Christian religion), pledge, guarantee, argument, proof. With sense A. 6 compare Anglo-Norman la commune fei the Catholic faith, lit. ‘the common faith’ (first half of the 12th cent); post-classical Latin fides catholica (4th cent.). Models for other specific uses. With to give (one's) faith at sense A. 2 compare classical Latin fidem dare . With to give faith at sense A. 4 compare classical Latin fidem dare (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius; rare), Anglo-Norman doner fei (a) to put faith (in), to trust (early 14th cent.). With to make (also do) faith at sense A. 3 compare classical Latin fidem facere to give surety, and also Anglo-Norman faire fei to swear loyalty (a1325 or earlier). Earlier synonyms. In Old English, various aspects of ‘faith’ were expressed with trēowþ (see truth n. and compare troth n.); in religious contexts, gelēafa was used instead (see yleve n. and compare belief n.). A. n. I. The fulfilment of a trust or promise, and related senses. 1. society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [noun] society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > be faithful or loyal to [verb (transitive)] c1300 (Laud) (1868) l. 2853 (MED) Hauelok..dide hem grete oþes swere, þat he sholden him god feyth bere. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 2678 Ðat him sal feið wurðful ben boren. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vi. l. 2049 Thus he..feigneth under guile feith. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 6980 Þair faith lasted littel space,..þai..lefte þe lagh of hei drightin. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1877) §929 Man sholde bere hym to his wyf In feith, in trouthe, and in loue. a1450 ( G. Chaucer (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 632 Wiþ-oute feiþ lawe or mesure She is fals. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. xxiv. f. xiiiiv To hym we owe to bere faith and trouth, as duke of Acquitayne and pere of Fraunce. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 127 Bearing the badge of faith to prooue them true. View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Evelyn Let. 26 Mar. in (1859) III. 40 Persons of great faith to his Majesty's cause. 1702 C. Brent ii. 120 He does not forget to make them reflect remorsefully on upon their violations of Military Faith and Honour. 1741 C. Middleton I. vi. 492 I deliver the whole man to you, from my hand, as we say, into your's, illustrious for victory and faith. 1810 T. Jefferson (1830) IV. 137 The efforts we have made to merit their esteem.., would have..secured the unqualified confidence of all other nations in our faith and probity. 1846 H. H. Wilson II. iv. 166 The Governor-General, indignant at his want of faith, declined to receive his agents. 1921 A. M. Royden vi. 128 I advocate that the greatest faith and loyalty should be practised [sc. in marriage]. 2008 S. D. White in R. M. Karras et al. 98 Eteocles's mother..persuades him to make an accord with Daire, who in return is to bear faith to him in the future. society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > of fulfilling one's trust or promise a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 2187 Bi ðe feið ic og to king pharaon. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith (1870) 39 Þe feyth þat þei owen to god. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 333 Sire Eymere of Valence lay at Saynt Jon toun, In his alience with many erle & baroun; Of Scotlond þe best were þan in his feith. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 7541 (MED) And hiȝe and low..Hadde openly in a parlement Made feith to hym and y-don homage. a1450 (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 9969 He toke feith of free and bond. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) xxv. 538 Vpon the feyth that ye owe to me. a1500 in J. Raine (1890) 63 The Lorde of þe fee..schall never clame no thyng..bott alonly hys faythe for hys tenementes. 1569 R. Grafton II. 78 Vntill he were returned unto his fayth. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten i. i. 2/1 The Lordes..tooke their oathes of faith and allegiance vnto Don Phillip. 1671 J. Milton 986 Who to save Her countrey from a fierce destroyer, chose Above the faith of wedlock-bands. View more context for this quotation 1736 A. Hill i. i. 5 That Cross, which, from your Infant Years Has been preserv'd, was found upon your Bosom, As if design'd, by Heaven, a Pledge of Faith. 1781 E. Gibbon II. 129 The two princes mutually engaged their faith never to undertake any thing to the prejudice of each other. 1806 J. Lingard II. vii. 12 In his [sc. the priest's] presence they mutually pledged their faith to each other. 1851 Ld. Tennyson Edwin Morris in (ed. 7) 232 She turn'd, we closed, we kiss'd, swore faith. 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer I. vii. 245 To give their faith and obedience to the French monarch. 1930 M. L. Davis xi. 105 Their minds were solemn-set to root here and make the place a pledge of faith to all the past. 1987 J. Prager i. ii. 28 Parliamentary representatives swore faith and allegiance to the Constitution while only pledging ‘faithfulness’ to the king. 2003 D. Brown (2006) xcix. 445 A pledge of faith to one another. A knight's allegiance to uncover the truth and make it known. the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > pledge or assurance the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] > give assurances c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 431 Lo here my feith in me shal be no lak. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 2176 As sittyng is to femynyte Of nature nat be vengable, For feith nor oþe, but raþer mercyable. 1548 f. clxxxiijv Emongest men of warre, faith or othe, syldome is perfourmed. 1558 Bp. T. Watson xxviii. f. clxxiiii Jane, here I geue to thee my faythe and truthe..I wyll marrye thee. 1634 J. Ford ii. iii. sig. E Cease perswasions, I violate no pawnes of faythes, intrude not On private loues. 1663 tr. G. Biondi sig. D6v Father, I give you my faith, that I do not, at all, bewail my death. 1721 E. Young iii. i. 32 O sacred Faith! How dearly I abide thy Violation! 1787 J. Reeves (ed. 2) I. vii. 406 In common cases..the essoniator gave his faith, that he would produce his principal at another day. 1834 G. R. Gleig (1835) I. xiv. 110 I will not press you to a pledge. I do not now ask you to give your faith to Allan. 1901 July 687/1 If your highness will give me your faith not to attempt escape, I have no wish to deprive you of your sword. 2011 A. E. Smith 112 I take you as my wife, for better or worse..; and of this I give you my faith. †II. Inducement to belief or trust. the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)] the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xi. 15 He shal be tormentid with euel, that doth feith [L. fidem facit] for a stranger. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. ccxxiij/1 Alle made fayth to other that [etc.]. 1556 tr. J. de Flores sig. G3 The manney folde paines..makethe cleare feithe inoughe, that the greter follie is yowres. 1581 J. Marbeck 807 Faith was made to them, that..they should come safe. 1654 Bp. J. Taylor xii. 27 An excellent MS. that makes faith in this particular. 1668 M. Casaubon (1670) 111 Christ his miracles without further consideration..to make faith or evidence of his Deity. 1722 R. Wodrow II. i. 13 Doctor Oats had made Faith that several of that Cattle were sent down from England to Scotland. 1786 R. Burns Let. 9 July in (1834) VII. 2 One of the servant girls made faith that she upon a time rashly entered the house. the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [noun] > power to convince a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vi. l. 852 Anon mi faste I breke On suche wordes as sche seith, That full of trouthe and full of feith Thei ben. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) viii. l. 1520 Forto yive a more feith..In blake clothes thei hem clothe. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. xii. l. 3002 Þe whiche proeues drawen to hemself hir feiþ and hir accorde eueriche [of] hem of oþer. 1596 L. Keymis sig. G2v He reposed himselfe more on the faith of his guides the[n] on his small number of men. 1605 B. Jonson iii. sig. G Great Titus Livius, great for eloquence, And fayth [1616 faith], amongst vs, in his Historie . View more context for this quotation a1638 J. Mede Epist. to Estwick in (1672) iv. 836 S. Jerom is a man of no faith with me. 1708 W. Crouch ix. 81 The best of Records extant in the whole World (and which thro' many Ages and Generations, have gained Faith and Credit) have recogniz'd him to be a very Meek Man. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei 375 Relying on the Faith of Books. 1808 W. Mitford (new ed.) IV. xxxi. 124 It may not be unnecessary..towards establishing the faith of the foregoing..narrative. III. Belief, trust, confidence. society > faith > aspects of faith > [noun] c1384 (Royal) (1850) James ii. 17 Feith [L. fides], if it haue not werkes, is deed in it silf. c1405 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 64 Feith is deed with outen werkis. c1443 R. Pecock (1927) 425 Feith is a knowingal vertu—þat is to seie such where wiþ we knowen sum treuþe and is þe knowing of þe same trouþ. c1456 R. Pecock (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 123 That feith..is thilke kinde or spice of knowyng, which a man gendrith and getith into his undirstonding. 1526 W. Tyndale Prol. Moses in 7 Fayth, is the beleuyng of Gods promises, and a sure trust in the goodnes and truth of God, which fayth iustified Abrah. 1581 J. Marbeck 375 Faith..maketh God & man friends. 1651 T. Hobbes iii. xlii. 271 Faith is a gift of God, which Man can neither give, nor take away. 1690 J. Locke iv. xviii. 348 Faith..is the Assent to any Proposition..upon the Credit of the Proposer, as coming immediately from God, which we call Revelation. 1744 J. Swift 52 Faith is an entire Dependence upon the Truth, the Power, the Justice, and the mercy of God. 1781 W. Cowper 111 Faith, the root whence only can arise The graces of a life that wins the skies. 1835 W. Wordsworth Russ. Fugitive ii. xi, in 132 That monumental grace Of Faith, which doth all passions tame That Reason should control. 1869 E. M. Goulburn iii. 21 Faith..the faculty by which we realize unseen things. 1921 A. Myerson ix. 167 Faith is really a transcendent Hope, renewing the feeling of energy. 1949 H. A. R. Gibb vii. 113 They [sc. the Mu'tazilite movement] stressed the responsibility of the Believer as against the..emphasis on the sufficiency of faith, irrespective of ‘works’. 1951 W. Lewis i. 4 Did it [sc. the decline of religion] rage beneath the surplice and eat away the roots of faith? 2002 7 Aug. 14/3 His refusal to ignore modern thought..led to his own crisis of faith. 2011 F. M. Jensen ix. 90 Faith is the instrument by which we are linked to Christ. 6. society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [noun] c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. iii. 26 That he be iust, and iustifyinge him that is of the feith of Jhesu Crist. c1391 J. Gower (Huntington) vii. l. 3221* (MED) ‘Which is thi creance and thi feith?’ ‘I am paien,’ that other seith. c1405 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 378 They gonnen fro the tormentours to reue..The false feith to trowe in god allone. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 11 Men of Grece ben cristene, ȝit þei varien from oure feith. a1450 (?a1300) (Caius) (1810) 4062 He is at the Sarezynes faith. 1485 W. Caxton tr. sig. aij/1 The cristen feyth is..corrobered by the doctours of holy chyrche. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii, in 179/1 The churche..muste..haue all one fayth. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster sig. Fiij They haue no law written, and are of no faith. 1600 W. Shakespeare i. i. 71 He weares his faith but as the fashion of his hat. View more context for this quotation 1680 C. Blount 29 This was the Heathen Faith; for although they did not own themselves to be made after the Image of God, yet did they in their fond Imaginations make their Gods after the Image of men. 1748 J. P. Stehelin tr. J. Buxtorf in J. A. Eisenmenger (new ed.) II. App. 227 Upon these Articles.., the Religion of Moses and the Faith of the Jews have always stood. 1764 H. Walpole Let. 11 Jan. in (1941) II. 117 We Oberon the grand,..Defender of the sylphic faith. 1777 J. Richardson I. Dissert. 24/2 An open scoffer at the Moslem faith. 1832 W. Irving I. 302 Are you willing to renounce the faith of your father? 1845 M. Pattison in Jan. 76 The Frank..learned with implicit submission his faith from the mouth of the Roman priest. 1900 R. J. Drummond i. 25 He wants a logical explanation of the Christian faith. 1958 L. de Wohl xix. 271 Mullahs and imams, priests of the Moslem faith. 2010 8 Oct. 31/1 We do no good for relations between us and other faiths by seeking out bones of contention. society > faith > aspects of faith > orthodoxy > [noun] society > faith > sect > Christianity > [noun] c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. vi. 10 Sum men..erreden fro the feith, and bisettiden hem with many sorwis. c1390 (?c1350) (1871) l. 11 (MED) Ioseph..hedde I-turned to þe feyþ fifti with him-seluen. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 21013 Iacob þe mar..þe land o spaigne in fait he fest. c1405 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 538 Thre dayes lyued she..And neuere cessed hem the feith to teche. a1438 i. 122 Þe clerkys examynde hir in þe Articles of þe Feyth. ?c1500 (Digby) l. 240 A very pynacle of the fayth. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Pref. sig. aijv The Indians subdued to the fayth. 1611 M. Smith in Transl. Pref. 3 A manifest falling away from the Faith. 1635 E. Pagitt (1636) i. iii. 108 The Gospel conteineth intirely the faith. 1702 C. Mather i. v. 21 For the poor Non-Conformists, by their hot pressing of those Indifferencies..utterly subverting the Faith in the important Points. a1770 J. Jortin (1774) I. ii. 30 When..the inward light waxes dim, the faith is gone. 1855 R. F. Burton I. i. 16 I lost no time in securing the assistance of a Shaykh, and plunged once more into the intricacies of the Faith. 1867 A. P. Forbes I. i. 5 The uncompounded nature of God is of faith. a1884 M. Pattison (1885) 173 We hear much of a crisis of the faith, of the perilous errors which are abroad in society. 1903 P. W. Joyce I. ix. 255 The spread of the faith, and the influence of education, had disenthralled the minds of the higher classes. 1921 11 539 Although he ‘ventures to differ’ from Marx on minor points, Mr Hyndman remains true to the faith. 1949 H. A. R. Gibb x. 166 In their zeal to restore the primitive purity of the Faith, the Suūdi princes took up arms against their neighbours. 1994 June 79/2 In the hospital, after fifty years as an apostate, he returns to the faith and dies. 2001 Autumn 8/2 [He]..put himself in the hands of certain Fathers of the Society of Jesus, that they might instruct him in the Faith. society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > [noun] > instance c1400 (?c1384) J. Wyclif (1871) III. 378 Freris perverten þo right feithe of þo sacrament of þo auter. c1456 R. Pecock (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 123 Othere feithis..mowe be geten bi telling or denouncing of an othere persoone, which may not lie. a1513 H. Bradshaw (1521) i. xvi. sig. e.viii Prechynge..The faythes of holy chyrche. 1565 tr. Origen sig. D.viiv I do beleue and this is my faith, that God is hable to raise hym vp, yea though he be dead. 1680 W. Rogers iv. 24 Others held forth the Visible Orders, and Written Faiths of a Visible Church to be as a Lanthorn to their Paths. 1694 tr. VIII. iv. iv. 253 This is my Faith. That there are Paradises of all Sorts and Degrees prepar'd with exquisite Proportion for the various Kinds of Men. 1756 T. Amory I. xxvi. 128 To enable them to do all things appertaining to life and godliness, and to have a faith in God's power and all-sufficiency. 1794 J. Clowes tr. E. Swedenborg 36 Many more like objections, which, the instant they were made, they would take away all faith respecting marriages in another life. a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in (1845) II. 632/1 We assumed the common faith of our countrymen respecting the..discipline of the Jew to be true. 1883 H. Drummond 276 All that has been said..of a besetting God as the final complement of humanity is but a repetition of the Hebrew poets' faith. 1915 6 May 411/2 The opinions that divide men become nothing to the central faiths which avail to quiet and sustain them. 2002 Oct. 147/1 Somehow, the key faiths of Christianity—that a man was born of a virgin and that he rose from his grave—seem to be vanishing concepts. the mind > mental capacity > belief > [noun] > system of belief, creed 1659 A. Burgess 128 This is a meer political faith. Many men have no other apprehension about Religion, than the Laws of the Land, in which they live. 1711 J. Swift in 26 Apr. I look upon the Whigs and Dissenters to be exactly of the same Political Faith. 1793 S. T. Coleridge (1895) 50 Have you read Mr. Fox's letter to the Westminster electors? It is quite the political go at Cambridge, and has converted many souls to the Foxite faith. 1833 8 44 He is now a..port-bibbing, gout-bemartyred believer in the Tory faith. 1849 3 Mar. 198/2 It was the Republicans who were the last to abandon it [sc. the struggle]; it will be yet, I trust, men of the Republican faith who will recommence it. 1878 J. Morley Byron in 1st Ser. 224 It was perhaps the secret of the black transformation of the social faith of '89 into the worship of the Conqueror of '99. 1935 A. G. B. Fisher x. 208 Is there any hope of reviving the capitalist faith, or would it be like Julian trying to revive the dead gods of Ancient Greece? 1968 A. Storr vi. 55 The same feature is obvious in Communism, which, although not a religion, is certainly a faith. 2002 P. Willson ix. 189 She soon became a true believer of the fascist faith. 7. the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) i. l. 707 (MED) Thanne is he swiftest to beguile The womman, which..Set upon him feith or credence. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 3405 (MED) In drightin was his fayth ai fest. c1400 ( G. Chaucer (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 19 Theise ben obseruauncez of..paiens, in which my spirit ne hath no feith. 1495 (de Worde) xv. lxxxvii. sig. Hiijv/1 Ye Germans tornyd them [sc. the Liuones]..to the worshyp & fayth [a1398 BL Add. fey] of one god. 1549 R. Crowley sig. Aivv Se that thy fayth be pitched On thy Lord God. 1680 T. Otway ii. 21 Attempt no farther to delude my Faith. 1697 M. Tindal ii. iii. 91 A Man may be cured by a Medicine he has no Faith in. a1774 A. Tucker (1777) III. ii. 226 Such a one has great faith in Ward's pills. 1790 A. Shirrefs 124 I never, a' my days, Had meikle faith in spaemen, or their says. 1819 T. Chalmers i. 19 Faith in the constancy of this law is sure to beget, in the mind, a sentiment of independence on the power and will of the Deity. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 168 Without faith in human virtue or in human attachment. 1930 M. Kennedy x. 89 He had no faith in doctors. 1964 P. White 9 Aug. (1994) viii. 264 Sydney people no longer seem to entertain in their houses; I expect they have lost faith in their tin-openers. 1982 J. Benedetti ii. 23 He had lost all faith in himself. He felt dead on stage. 2005 11 Sept. iii. 6/5 Traders' faith in that outcome may account for the strength in stocks. 1551 T. Wilson sig. Piij An historicall faith. As I do beleue that William Conqueror was kyng of Englande. a1628 J. Preston (1630) 15 Faith is..assenting to Truthes for the Authority of the Speaker. 1696 J. Sergeant iii. viii. 328 Faith or Belief (speaking of Human Faith to which our Circumstances determine our Discourse) is built on Human Testimony or Witnessing Authority. 1725 I. Watts ii. ii. §9 When we derive the Evidence of any Proposition from the Testimony of others, it is called the Evidence of Faith. 1899 31 Mar. 10 It is faith based on a long intimacy and experience, based on facts and speaking out of facts. 1909 W. W. Costin i. iii. 21 The man of science has faith that his theory will hold even where he cannot experiment, because it seems reasonable, and held good where experimentation was possible. 2005 G. Forster iv. 137 A faith based on evidence is a reasonable faith. †IV. As a collective term. society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > group or body of a1450 Terms Assoc. in (1936) 51 604 (MED) A feyth of Marchantes. B. int.a1556 N. Udall (?1566) i. ii. sig. Biv Faith sir, and I nere had more nede of a newe cote. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. H2v, in (rev. ed.) Faith Sir..tis but as the wiser sort doe hold opinion. 1608 W. Shakespeare xxi. 68 Be your teares wet, yes faith, I pray weep not. View more context for this quotation 1638 A. Cowley i. sig. A6v 'Faith, I am very chary of my health. 1659 W. Goodsonn Let. 6 Mar. in T. Birch (1742) VII. 628 And faith, he received them at Gottenburgh the 23d of February. 1709 No. 110. ⁋4 Faith Isaac..thou art a very unaccountable old Fellow. ?1780 7 Faith, he was not such a big fool as die yet. 1791 R. Sadler II. vii. 315 Well, I'm glad thee beest not hanged, faith! 1841 C. Dickens v. 261 I'd rather be in old John's chimney-corner, faith! 1898 Sept. 313 Faith, but that was a narrow squake. 1933 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ ii. 91 Faith, he fair had a face like a monkey, the sutor of Segget and its Provost forbye. 1982 M. Binchy II. xii. 284 Faith, and I couldn't keep you in pocket money these days by the look of you. 1992 T. Enright tr. S. O'Crohan 95 The first decade had only just been said when a good hard clod struck Dónall right across the ear but, faith, he never let on. Phrases P1. With a preceding preposition. a. (a) the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to faith a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 275 (MED) Now telle me, felawe, be þi feiȝþ..sei þou euer þemperour? a1475 in A. Clark (1905) i. 178 (MED) He confirmyd thys conuencion to be holde ferme & sure by hys feythe & trowþe. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 48 By your faith seme ye good that I ought to goo after him. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ 3 By my faith, by my faith..this geare goeth hard with vs. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 79 Now by my faith and honour. View more context for this quotation 1688 T. Brown 17 This is a cutter, by my faith Mr. Bays, it lashes somewhere with a vengeance. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge 45 Strange, by my faith! the Hermit said. 1871 R. Browning 98 Weapons outflourished in the wind, my faith! 1925 Jan. 9/1 By my faith, I'm done with the business. 2005 C. J. Farley i. 4 There was time, by my faith, when I was young, as young as you are now. the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to faith 1421 in J. B. Paul (1882) II. 30/1 The..lord and his..squyar ar oblist ilkane til other be the faythis of thair boiddis. 1548 f. xcviijv Promisyng and behightyng, by the faith of his body. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. ii. 412 By the faith of my loue, I will. View more context for this quotation a1643 W. Cartwright (1651) iii. ii. 38 I swear by the faith of my Body now It is a pretty thing. 1833 F. Shoberl tr. V. Hugo (1834) ix. v. 122 This year, by the faith of my body, it will not be under eighty thousand! 1910 N. Gallizier ii. xiv. 307 ‘By the faith of my body, Holy Father,’ shouted Fabrizio beside himself. the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adverb] the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > in truth [interjection] the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 858 Fayn sche wold þan in feiþ haue fold him in hire armes. c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson (1842) 31 Nedelonges most I sitte him by, Hi-fath, ther wille him non mon butte I. a1547 J. Redford (1848) 11 Do ye fle, ifayth? 1598 M. Drayton (new ed.) f. 52 Ifaith her Queenship little rest should take. 1607 T. Middleton v. sig. I4v Yfaith, we're well. 1823 J. Clare 10 July (1985) 204 Why efeth as the quaker said thine is a riddle friend that I cannot expound. 1855 R. Browning Bishop Blougram in I. 205 Cool i'faith! We ought to have our Abbey back you see. 1900 6 Oct. 12/2 In faith I can see very little harm in it. 1922 E. R. Eddison xvii. 234 ‘Mew!’ said she, ‘wittily spoke, i' faith; and right in the manner of a common horse-boy.’ 2002 ‘Avi’ 61 In faith, I did not know how to do otherwise. the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adverb] c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 47 Vp on my feith, thow art som Officer. 1490 (1962) xxiii. 75 On my feyth ye be well the man. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. ccxi. 254 The kyng of England..trusted them on theyr faithes [Fr. sur leurs fois]. 1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus xx. ii. 516 Assuring them on his faith and oath, that he would obtaine a free pardon for all that which was past. 1759 D. Garrick ii. 41 She seem'd a little out of Humour,—And, upon my Faith, not the less beautiful for a little pouting. 1779 S. Dobson tr. J.-B. de la Curne de Sainte-Palaye 128 I should pass for a coward..to give up the portion my brother had resigned on his faith. 1840 Jan. 44 Promise on your faith—on your honor—on your love! a1968 J. Steinbeck (1976) 279 I promise on my faith. 1999 ‘C. J. Cherryh’ 336 On my life, my lord, on my life and on my faith, I tell you the truth. the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [adverb] > with reliance on a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy (1647) iii. iii. 100 I give into their hands all regall authority, and on the faith of a solemne Treaty [Fr. sur la foy d'vn traité solemnel] open the gates of this fortresse. 1686 tr. J. Claude 45 They live together in peace, on the Faith of Alliances, Treaties and Promises. 1770 I. Bickerstaff v. i. 102 I have delivered myself into your hands, Don Guzman, on the faith of your promise. 1866 A. Crump i. 28 The bank-note is circulated entirely upon the faith of the issuing bank. 1890 Sir R. Romer in 63 685/2 The plaintiff applied for shares..on the faith of the prospectus. 1981 M. Rezun viii. 327 On the faith of his version, a group of Soviet ‘workmen’..stopped at a village which was located at a point equidistant between Teheran and Meshed. 2008 P. J. Nahin 259 I am most grateful for her willingness to send a precious, unique photo..on the faith of a telephone call out of the blue from a stranger. 1822 T. C. Morgan iii. 142 There is in moral science nothing more than in the other branches of philosophy; nothing mysterious, nothing to take on faith. 1866 Let. in E. Frame (1871) 10 When you tell your boy to give up the candy, because if he should eat it, he will be sick, and he obeys you, the child acts on faith. 1914 G. H. E. Hawkins 57 The ‘blue sky’ days of advertising, when space was sold by personality and bought on faith, have passed. 1975 H. S. Thompson Let. 12 Oct. in (2000) 664 The first time I get a chance to balance it out in some tangible way, I'll do it, which is something you'll just have to take on faith, for good or ill... Anyway, I owe you one. 1989 73 494/2 The wisest course..would be to accept the case for polysyllabism on faith. 2005 10 July 16/3 I'm no historian, so I'll have to take it on faith that anyone not wearing tights would ever utter the statement, ‘Adieu until the morrow’. P2. With a verb. the mind > mental capacity > belief > accept as true, believe [verb (transitive)] c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1877) §607 God suffreth it for folk sholden yeue the moore feith and reuerence to his name. 1457 in A. Clark (1914) 97 (MED) I haue bee present where suche articles and opinions haue bee taught..& yaf faith, credence and beleve to hem att diuers tymes. 1556 tr. J. de Flores sig. K4 One oughte to geue more feithe vnto the secrete consentment of the soule, than [etc.]. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto xxxv. 140 Opinions..unto which they give so much faith. 1717 A. Pope Fable of Dryope in 278 If to the wretched any faith be giv'n. 1797 A. Radcliffe I. vii. 178 You believe..that I am willing to give faith to wonderful stories. 1849 R. Cobden 69 Now, don't give faith to the idea..that self-government for the colonies is the same thing as dismemberment of the empire. 1939 30 Dec. 6/2 To give faith to the communique is to believe that the Russian military authorities deliberately made their task infinitely harder. 2005 H. Prather 361 I freely give my faith to rumors, stories in the news, and the latest nutritional supplement. the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > observe, adhere, or keep a promise [verb (intransitive)] the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (intransitive)] society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (intransitive)] > commit perjury c1410 tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 125 Þe gentiles keped hir feiþ [L. fidem..servavere] to þe childe unto þe deienge of Robert. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 89 Non of hem holdeth feyth to another. ?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1878) l. 48 Euerych of hem his feith to oother kepte. a1450 (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) l. 3274 For glotonye he brake hys fayth. ?1483 W. Caxton tr. i. sig. bj A man ought..to kepe hys feyth vnto his frendes. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini ix. 473 The better to make you serue for example of punishment to such as accursedly breake their faith to their soueraigne Prince. c1592 C. Marlowe ii. ii Faith is not to be held with heretics. 1598 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 283 Berowne hath plighted Fayth to me. View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius 339 No Faith is to be held with such as differ from them. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil 36 I my Nisa's perjur'd Faith deplore. 1700 J. Dryden 78 For you alone, I broke my Faith with injur'd Palamon. 1790 M. O. Warren Ladies of Castile iii. ii, in 137 By St. Peter's key, I've sworn, nor will revoke my plighted faith. 1874 W. Stubbs (1875) II. xv. 296 He [sc. Edward I] saw what was best for his age and people; he led the way and kept faith. 1914 W. H. Taft iii. 118 On what ground ought we to evade or avoid the effect of the plighted faith of the nation? 1942 June 696/2 But to take idle land away from native Fijians and give it to land-hungry Indians would be to break faith with natives who entrusted—actually ceded—their islands to Britain. 1963 21 Oct. 11/3 It is never right to excuse the breaking of faith..by a government. 2001 (Nexis) 27 Apr. Mois himself has on several occasions plighted his faith to the coalition agreement in Tallinn. 1896 10 Oct. 744/2 Is it too much to claim that in giving our support to the nominees of the Chicago convention we are ‘keeping the faith’? 1912 (N.Y. World) 19 (heading) Keep the faith! Carry out party pledges. 1971 B. Sidran v. 151 The Black Panthers are still ‘keeping the faith’ in American society. 1997 22 Dec. 100 (heading) Wonder why Wall Street didn't crater this year? Because the new money cult kept the faith. 2001 2 Jan. ii. 11/2 If this is the umpteenth time that you have decided to quit smoking as a new year's resolution, keep the faith—there is hope. P3. Noun phrases. 1679 N. Philips 20 Though we talk much in this Age of Faith, of Faith, and of our Dependance on Future good things, yet tis on Sight, on Sight and in the Enjoyment of the good things that are present, that all Felicity is Plac'd. 1795 Apr. 427 If the present age be allowed to be, as it has been called, the age of reason, it cannot be the age of faith. 1841 T. Carlyle iv. 204 Whole ages, what we call ages of Faith, are original,—all men in them, sincere. 1926 R. H. Tawney ii. 44 The distinction between pawnbroking..and high finance..was as familiar in the Age of Faith as in the twentieth century. 1989 30 Dec. 38/6 Ours is not the age of faith or reason but the age of information. 2003 5 Feb. 25/5 The..service which survives today may be a slightly etiolated version of its pre-dawn original forged in the age of faith. P4. Other phrases. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin ii. xvi. f. 99v They more hardly enforce this cauillation with sayeng, that I ascribe to the sonne of God desperation, whiche is contrarie to fayth [L. fidei contraria]. 1647 Bp. J. Taylor xx. 252 Doctrines..such as are contrariant to Faith. 1753 May 236/2 The remonstrances of conscience are suppressed as contrary to faith. 1845 J. Lingard (ed. 3) II. App. g. 401 Matters contrary to faith. 1958 F. O'Connor 16 Nov. (1979) 304 As for the Church itself, it takes no official notice of writers unless the work is contrary to faith. 2009 D. G. McCartney vii. 247 The use of oaths, then, is contrary to faith; it marks unbelief. 1762 16 Nov. And can you, oh ye of little faith; suspect that a Prince with all these amiable qualities, will suffer himself to be cajoled..to sign an inglorious peace? 1888 17 Jan. 4/3 A Prep. remarks: ‘Oh! ye of little faith. Must think we'll run off before we pay our tuition!’ 1913 15 Mar. 286/2 Hundreds of managers who are even now waiting to see whether a lighting campaign will pay... ‘O, ye of little faith!’ 1984 (Nexis) 26 Dec. a21 I am the one who said back in March that if a woman wanted to be nominated for vice president she would have to run for the office. Oh me of little faith. 2000 I. Pattison (2001) ii. 72 O ye of little faith you may doubt my word but I bet it would tan the arse off The Generation Game. Compounds C1. General attributive. 1600 J. Golburne tr. C. de Valera i. 117 This faith-breach [Sp. este romper de fé], was cause of great bloodshed in the great warres which afterwards happened in Bohemia. 1726 A. Gavin (ed. 2) 108 The Romans say, no Faith is to be kept with Hereticks; and this Faith-Breach was the Occasion of great Blood-shed in the Wars. ?1819 S. T. Coleridge (1992) III. 104 The encroachment & faith-breach of the Spanish Crown. 2002 (Nexis) 16 June (Agenda section) 7 He is tormented by history, his faith-breach, his mother's death. 1662 H. Holden vi. 10 Make their acceptation the last and best Test of even a General Councils Infallibility in Faith-Definitions. 1665 J. Sergeant 209 But he will finde no such fopperies in Faith-definitions made by the Catholick Church. 2002 44 72 Four categories emerged from the faith definitions and stories respondents told. 1901 8 June 12/1 John Alexander Dowie, who has a great following as a faith leader. 1937 30 Aug. 4/2 (title) Three faith leaders meet at Williamstown. 2011 28 Oct. 4/1 The faith leaders told the Deputy Mayor about youth work among young men in London. 1841 ‘Victorious Analysis’ I. 33 A new misbelief, which is almost as different from..the clear faith philosophy of Saint Paul, as infidelity itself! 1909 C. G. Shaw in F. Rolt-Wheeler X. i. 97 Herder opposed Kant both theoretically and esthetically, offering in contrast a faith-philosophy of reality and naturistic idea of beauty. 2001 G. Barna & M. Hatch ix. 186 Nobody cares about the inconsistencies embedded within our faith philosophies. 1665 J. Sergeant 233 The..most refin'd quintessence of all Faith-Reformation. 2009 H. J. Baron et al. tr. H. J. Selderhuis 499 He [sc. Calvin] brought together the concerns of Luther's faith reformation and Zwingli's life reformation. 1665 J. Sergeant 43 A compleat and proper notion of Faith-Tradition. 1870 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong III. 463/1 The rule of faith tradition is an authority independent of Scripture. 2009 24 Apr. 11/2 A vester could be lay or ordained and from any faith tradition. C2. a. Objective. (Harl. 221) 153 Feythe breke(r),..fidifragus. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James II in (1711) 30 They declare the King, and those that abode with him, Faith-breakers. 1864 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxviii, in Apr. 385 He was..no faith breaker. 2009 H. Bromhead vii. 162 It is God..who is more likely to impose penalties on the faith-breaker. 1553 tr. S. Gardiner f. lviii What caste you him in the teth with faith breaking [L. fidei violationem]? ?1600 Earl of Essex sig. Div How easie it will be for a faith breaking enemie to confiscate all our countrimens goodes. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay iii. vii. 174 The very instant of her faith-breaking. 1783 C. J. Fox 32 To hear a Minister of this Country talk of fearing a war with that faith-breaking Nation. 1858 9 Jan. 92/2 The cry of faith-breaking would not meet with a response in this part of the world. 1997 Aug. 61/3 And the whole cringe-making, faith-breaking thing of it was that the Indians didn't even want to use their passports to go to London. 1642 J. Vicars 32 What faith-confirming and heart-cheering rich returns of prayers hath the Lord our good God cast into our blessed bosomes. 1842 P. M‘Owan i. 31 A beautiful and faith-confirming exposition. 2005 M. P. Battin ix. 200 An extremely powerful, faith-confirming experience. 1621 R. Brathwait 24 A faith-infringing Polymnestor. c1485 ( G. Hay (2005) 233 Than has he lak and dishonour, and j haue honour and worschip of faith keping. 1605 R. Verstegan viii. 253 This was..giuen..in recomendation of loyaltie or faith-keeping. 1661 R. Trail 13 Drawing the guilt and disgrace of cruelty, revenge and perfidie on a Faith-keeping Prince and Parliament. 1720 M. Shelton I. (new ed.) v. 341 In Recommendation of Loyalty or Faith-keeping. a1849 J. C. Mangan (1859) 383 The faith-keeping Prince of the Scotts. 1971 W. Farnham v. 136 Though the words have been spoken by a Troilus who was an all-or-nothing adherent of faith-keeping in warfare, they have proved later to be entirely suitable for a Troilus no less intense as an adherent of faith-keeping in courtly love. 1999 30 Oct. 33/1 All the gaudiness..is precisely what sends the devotees into a faith-keepin' frenzy. 1837 J. F. Cooper I. xii. 299 There was a faith-shaking brevity in this process, which..if not fraudulent, was ill-judged. 1921 I. H. Gillmore iv. xvii. 474 The younger ones..witnessed faith-shaking sights, and underwent even more faith-shaking experiences. 2004 A. Sohn 4 The most faith-shaking event I had experienced was getting a C- on a..Calc exam. 1897 ‘M. Twain’ 172 Here are some faith-straining figures. 1999 L. E. Goodman vi. 151 No faith-straining dogmas were to be found in scripture. 1676 A. Marvell sig. I3v Those Faith-stretchers..that..put mens Persons or their Consciences upon the torture. 1942 6 June 2/2 The Children's Day program is a faith stretcher. b. Instrumental and other compounds. 1844 J. G. Whittier in Jan. 61 Faith-sown seeds Which ripen in the soil of love. 1946 R. Campbell 69 Where faith-starved multitudes may quarry As in a mountain, and be fed. 1997 21 243 The ideological void created by the withering away of Marxism-Leninism..has left tens of millions of faith-starved individuals. C3. society > faith > aspects of faith > [adjective] society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [adjective] > other types of association, society, or organization 1869 24 Apr. Holding a middle place between the faith-based ethics of theology and the bald materialism of physiology, comes political economy. 1874 J. H. Vosburg 71 Hope is real, Faith-based, to those who will not think, but feel. 1957 3 Dec. 14/1 There has been a shift in emphasis on your part..away from exclusive reliance upon psychiatric theory, and more in the direction of a kind of faith-based humanism. 1986 7 Jan. b3/2 Witness for Peace is a grassroots, non-violent, faith-based movement committed to changing U.S. policy toward Nicaragua. 1998 1 June 26/2 Congress..has swung behind a series of policy changes..which allow federal, state and local funds to flow to faith-based anti-poverty groups. 2009 J. Kellerman xxiv. 227 I know that faith-based notions of good and evil don't wash in today's society. society > society and the community > [noun] > a community > other types of community 1896 23 Dec. Beginning with the primitive Christians, who ‘took no thought for the morrow,’ there have been many of these faith communities. 1979 72 13 The relation of the theologian to the faith community is analogous to that of the scientist to the human community. 1992 (Nexis) 25 Oct. h2 The faith community could play an important role in keeping Atlanta peaceful and in moving it toward racial justice. 2013 25 Jan. 37/3 Newell is writing from New Harmony, Indiana, where a faith community has been built on the foundations of a 19th-century Christian utopian experiment. the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > faith-healing 1875 C. Nordhoff 268 Religious Belief and Faith Cures. 1929 H. W. Haggard xii. 293 The belief in faith cures rests upon testimony. 1997 4 Feb. 70/3 A Georgia housewife seeking a faith cure for her daughter. the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > faith healer 1883 8 Jan. 2/5 The faith curers do not, as a rule, stick to their own text. 1950 J. H. Leuba vi. 68 These clergymen, like the faith curers, do not deny the operation of natural laws. 2004 J. Myrus iii. 36 I think you're becoming a faith-curer now, Ben, telling me my medical condition was all of the mind. the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > faith healer 1883 Aug. 661/1 I heard next day an exaggerated report of my conquest by the faith curist. 1888 29 July 16/6 Great preparations are being made by the Faith-Curists..for their annual conference. 1925 W. F. Cooley 33 In a sense he [sc. Jesus] was a faith curist: his curative power was conditioned by the patient's belief. 1974 43 506 The entire course of the debate was beset with difficulties for the faith curist. society > faith > aspects of faith > [noun] > flame of 1844 Sept. 557/1 The glow of its own inward faith-fire. 1890 J. McCave & J. D. Breen 40 Neighbouring bishops were expected to keep the faith-fire ablaze along their frontiers. 2012 T. Hallman xi. 103 We add to another person's faith fire. 1940 3 468 The smallest of the three major faith groups, the Jewish community. 1965 219 Twenty-five different religious organizations maintain centers for their students, a central office within the University must provide a degree of liaison with these faith groups. 2011 A. Gibbons (2012) Epil. 292 The mosque will be repaired by donations from the worshippers and from other faith groups and ordinary individuals. the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > faith healer 1885 31 276 We claim that all faith-healers should report as do our hospitals. 1925 Oct. p. xxxiii (advt.) The day of reckoning for bone-crushers and faith healers has come. 2001 June 27/1 Bible-thumping faith healers with bad toupees. the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > faith-healing 1880 C. J. Montgomery x. 135 The principle of faith-healing. 1927 July 292/1 He devoted himself to faith healing, an ancient shamanism. 2002 P. Thomas xviii. 240 Spiritual healing has generally tried to distance itself from religious faith healing. 1889 Apr. 227 They serve and worship the same God, but their theoretical faith-ladder is very differently constructed. a1910 W. James (1911) App. 224 The following steps may be called the ‘faith ladder’: 1. There is nothing absurd in a certain view of the world being true, nothing self-contradictory; 2. It might have been true under certain conditions; 3. It may be true, even now; 4. It is fit to be true; 5. It ought to be true; 6. It must be true; 7. It shall be true, at any rate true for me. 2008 M. Sullivan 111 We don't have to climb another rung on the faith ladder. society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > [noun] > instance 1652 W. Jenkyn iii. 235 God forbid..that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. If the antient land-markes be not to be removed, much less the faith-markes. 1822 S. Smith in June 443 When once the ancient faith marks of the Church are lost sight of. society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > papal court (Inquisition) > [noun] 1624 T. Wood tr. Verheiden 55 That most intolerable..thraldome of the Inquisition, or Faith-presse [Du. Gheloof-persse]. 1883 5 Nov. 3/3 It seems that the head personage in the faith school [sc. a college offering instruction in Christian Science] is Mrs. Eddy, of Boston. 1987 3 Feb. b14 Today we have quite a few private and faith schools that do very good teaching. 1990 25 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 44/1 They have recently joined forces with the Muslims to demand government funding for separate faith schools against the prevailing trend of multi-faith education. 2008 3 Apr. 2/4 The study by the Department for Children, Schools and Families shows that faith schools have become so popular that they can now cherry-pick pupils. 1867 T. L. Harris ii. 94 To convulse the body with anguish, induce the conviction in the mind that God has forsaken it, and break the faith-state. 1924 W. B. Selbie 158 To induce what psychologists call the faith state may be a very great and wonderful thing if the object of faith is worthy. 2000 tr. H. Joas iii. 49 This..already hints at some of the cognitive features of the faith-state. 1903 G. Tyrrell xxiii. 191 Mistakings of faith-values for fact-values are to be ascribed to that almost ineradicable materialism of the human mind which makes us view the visible world as the only solid reality. 1954 E. Kaiser & E. Wilkins tr. F. Kafka 48 Even the simple fact of our life is of a faith-value that can never be exhausted. 2011 J. Doyle iv. 87 Actions are centred around the use of existing faith values to engage people. 1604 H. Broughton sig. M3 Troupfull Gad was grauen in this faithworkfull stone. Derivatives 1852 A. Pridham i. 12 (Note) ‘Faith-wise and unto (or, for) faith’, may perhaps nearly express the meaning. ?1872 W. P. Mackay 69 Salvation came intellect-wise, and not faith-wise. 1967 13 Oct. 7/2 Faithwise they face problems. 2004 H. Jacobson 44 He wanted his wife to be safe and his son—though he had a feeling it went against the grain faithwise—to be the Baby Jesus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). faithv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: faith n. No evidence found between mid 17th cent. and late 19th cent. 1. the mind > mental capacity > belief > believe [verb (intransitive)] c1438 (1940) ii. 253 (MED) Alle þo þat feithyn & trustyn, er xul feithyn & trustyn, in my preyerys in-to worldys ende. 1920 5 June 8/7 I made up my mind to have faith that he wouldn't bite me. And I faithed just as hard as I could. 1997 (Nexis) 12 Apr. 6 b [Faith] is not something that is static. We are faithing throughout life. the mind > mental capacity > belief > accept as true, believe [verb (transitive)] 1576 W. Lambarde 196 He shall haue cause, neither to falsifie the one opinion lightly, nor to faithe the other vnaduisedly. 1608 W. Shakespeare vi. 70 Could the reposure of any trust..in thee make thy words fayth'd? 1636 E. Norice ii. 56 If any say they have Repentance, Faith, and Love, and misse of the very thing faithed in Praier: they make God a deceiver. 1963 29 May 20/2 Brings into being that which did not exist before men ‘faithed’ it. 2006 G. D. Bouma i. 26 Religious belief is always faithed. society > faith > aspects of faith > [verb (transitive)] > provide with 1547 J. Hooper v These decrees that papistry of late days faithed the church withal. 1645 T. Shepard i. 107 A Christian is not justified by faith, (which was Pauls phrase) but rather..faithed by his justification. 1899 F. R. Dutton 47 If only those gigantic minds had been imbued And faithed by heaven's truths sublime. 2012 R. Bonnke ix. 155 If we are ‘faithed’ by the Spirit, we can tackle the impossible. the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > trust [verb (intransitive)] 1555 i. vi. sig. D.vi/1 By whose example women may well lere How they shuld faith or trusten on any man. the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > on one's word of honour 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero i. f. 10 It is called faithfulnesse, because it is fullfilled, which was faithed [L. quia fiat quod dictum est]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.int.c1300 v.c1438 |
