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faith > 4 senses
NOUN1faith, religion, religious beliefA strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
2faith, trustComplete confidence in a person or plan etc
3faith, religionInstitution to express belief in a divine power
4faithLoyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person
faith > pronunciation
Soundsfey'th
Rhymeseighth, Galbraith, interfaith
faith > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
Examples"he lost his faith but not his morality"
Synonymsreligion, religious belief
Category offree-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical; clean; unclean, impure; conforming, conformist; discalced, discalceate, unshod; formalistic, formalized, formalised; Christian; Protestant; Calvinist, Calvinistic, Calvinistical; Orthodox, Jewish-Orthodox; Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox; Anglican; Congregational, Congregationalist; Episcopal, Episcopalian; revivalistic; Lutheran; Methodist, Wesleyan; Mormon; Unitarian; catechismal; responsive, antiphonal; persecution; vigil, watch; consecration; chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention; toleration; traditionalism; censer, thurible; cloister; habit; orthodoxy; Hel, Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld; meditation; affirmation; demythologization, demythologisation; Satan, Old Nick, Devil, the Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness; brother; conformist; latitudinarian; numen; novitiate, noviciate; die; believe; misbelieve; worship; reincarnate, transmigrate
Narrowerapophatism; cataphatism; doctrine of analogy, analogy; cult, cultus, religious cult; ecclesiasticism; mysticism, religious mysticism; nature worship; revealed religion; theism; paganism, pagan religion, heathenism; Christianity, Christian religion; Hinduism, Hindooism; Brahmanism, Brahminism; Jainism; Sikhism; Buddhism; Taoism, Hsuan Chiao; Shinto, Shintoism; Manichaeism, Manichaeanism; Mithraism, Mithraicism; Zoroastrianism, Mazdaism; Bahaism; shamanism, Asian shamanism; shamanism
Broadertheological virtue, supernatural virtue; belief
faith > noun 2, cognition
MeaningComplete confidence in a person or plan etc.
Examples"he cherished the faith of a good woman"
Synonymstrust
Broaderbelief
faith > noun 3, group
MeaningInstitution to express belief in a divine power.
Examples"a member of his own faith contradicted him"
Synonymsreligion
Category ofexorcise, exorcize; confirm; covenant; deliver, redeem, save
Narrowerchurch, Christian church; Judaism, Hebraism, Jewish religion; Islam, Islamism, Muslimism, Muhammadanism, Mohammedanism, Mohammadanism; Hinduism, Hindooism; Taoism; Buddhism; Khalsa; Scientology, Church of Scientology; Shinto; established church; sect, religious sect, religious order; cult
Broaderinstitution, establishment
faith > noun 4, act
MeaningLoyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person.
Examples"keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"
Broadercommitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication

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