fiducialadj.
/fʌɪˈdjuːʃ(ɪ)əl//fɪˈdjuːʃəl/ 1. Theology. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, trust or reliance.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > [adjective] > trusting or reliant
fiducial1624
fiduciary1640
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [adjective] > trusted
well-provedc1325
trustedc1426
betrusteda1466
reliable1569
fiducial1624
well-proven1639
1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 164 Such a..Faith, as is both an intellectuall and fiduciall assent to diuine Promises.
1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus 43 Every thing has..a fiduciall Knowledge of God in it.
1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. John xv. 5 Abide in me..by a real and fiducial Adherence.
a1711 T. Ken Divine Love in Wks. (1838) 312 Teach us to live..with a fiducial dependence on thy fatherly goodness.
1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. 63 The words..appear to..fasten upon the Lord with a fiducial grip.
2. humorous nonce-use. Willing to trust.
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1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. ix. 169 Taverns..not hospitable—not fiducial—don't trust.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [adjective]
soothfastc825
truefastOE
i-treowec1000
unfakenOE
trueOE
sickerc1100
trigc1175
strustya1250
steel to the (very) backa1300
true as steela1300
certainc1325
well-provedc1325
surec1330
traistc1330
tristc1330
trustya1350
faithfula1382
veryc1385
sada1387
discreet1387
trust1389
trothfulc1390
tristya1400
proveda1425
good-heartedc1425
well-trusted?a1439
tristfulc1440
authorizablea1475
faithworthy?1526
tentik1534
fidele1539
truthfulc1550
suresby1553
responsible1558
trestc1560
reliable1569
cocksurea1575
sound1581
trustful1582
truepenny1589
true (also good, sure) as touch1590
probable1596
confident1605
trustable1606
axiopistical1611
loyala1616
reposeful1627
confiding1645
fiducial1647
laudable1664
safe1667
accountable1683
serious1693
sponsible1721
dependable1730
unfailing1798
truthya1802
trustworthy1829
all right1841
stand-up1841
falsehood-free1850
right1856
proven1872
bankable1891
secure1954
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. iv. iii Prop fiduciall Of all those lives and beings cleeped Naturall.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Fiducial,..Trusty, Sure.
4. In Surveying, Astronomy, etc. Of a line, point, etc.: Assumed as a fixed basis of comparison.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [adjective] > assumed as a fixed basis of comparison
fiducial?a1560
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxiii. sig. Giij Note the degrees cut by the line fiduciall.
1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery ii. 44 The Line Fiduciall, because from this line proceeds the beginning of the Degrees in the Circle.
1828 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) II. 55 These sights and one edge of the index are in the same plane, and that is called the fiducial edge of the index.
1873 Maxwell in Life (1882) xiv. 435 We need some fiducial point or standard of reference.
5. = fiduciary adj.
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1832 in N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. quoting Spelman.
Derivatives
fiˈducially adv. in a fiducial manner.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > [adverb] > trusting or reliant
fiducially1648
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [adverb] > with reliance on
upon boldness of1330
on the strength of1590
on the faith ofa1645
fiducially1648
reliably1846
1648 T. Hill Best & Worst of Paul 22 God hath given thee a sweet perswasion of soul to rest fiducially.
1654 T. Warren Vnbeleevers 204 Fiducially trusting upon Christ.
a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 502 It is the Spirit of God alone, that..enables the Soul fiducially to..rest upon that Object.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Fiducially, honestly, trustily.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
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