faithful : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: faithful	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for faithful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faithful adj steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor" Antonym(s): unfaithful marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts" Synonym(s): close, faithful not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained faithful to his wife" Antonym(s): unfaithful n any loyal and steadfast following a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church Synonym(s): congregation, fold, faithful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faithful \Faith"ful\, a. 1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. You are not faithful, sir. --B. Jonson. 2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements. The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him. --Deut. vii. 9. 3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant. So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless, faithful only he. --Milton. 4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation. It is a faithful saying. --2 Tim. ii. 11. {The Faithful}, the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed. Syn: Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy. -- {Faith"fully}, adv. -{Faith"fulness}, n.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Faithful as a designation of Christians, means full of faith, trustful, and not simply trustworthy (Acts 10:45; 16:1; 2 Cor. 6:15; Col. 1:2; 1 Tim. 4:3, 12; 5:16; 6:2; Titus 1:6; Eph. 1:1; 1 Cor. 4:17, etc.). It is used also of God's word or covenant as true and to be trusted (Ps. 119:86, 138; Isa. 25:1; 1 Tim. 1:15; Rev. 21:5; 22:6, etc.).