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faithful
noun
1 faithful
Any loyal and steadfast following.
2 faithful
A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church.
synonyms: congregation, fold.
Dutch: kudde, congregatie, kerkvolk
Polish: kongregacja
adjective
1 faithful
Steadfast in affection or allegiance.
Roget 983a:
orthodox,
sound,
strick†,
faithful,
catholic,
schismless†,
Christian,
evangelical,
scriptural,
divine,
monotheistic;
true
etc.
494.
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Roget 939:
upright;
honest,
honest as daylight;
veracious
etc.
543;
virtuous
etc.
944;
honorable;
fair,
right,
just,
equitable,
impartial,
evenhanded,
square;
fair and aboveboard,
open and aboveboard;
white [U.S.].
constant,
constant as the northern star;
faithful,
loyal,
staunch;
true,
true blue,
true to one's colors,
true to the core,
true as the needle to the pole;
marble-constant"
[Antony and Cleopatra];
true-hearted,
trusty,
trustworthy;
as good as one's word,
to be depended on,
incorruptible.
straightforward
etc.
(ingenuous)
703;
frank,
candid,
open-hearted.
conscientious,
tender-conscienced,
right-minded;
high-principled,
high-minded;
scrupulous,
religious,
strict;
nice,
punctilious,
correct,
punctual;
respectable,
reputable;
gentlemanlike†.
inviolable,
inviolate;
unviolated†,
unbroken,
unbetrayed;
unbought,
unbribed†.
innocent
etc.
946;
pure,
stainless;
unstained,
untarnished,
unsullied,
untainted,
unperjured†;
uncorrupt,
uncorrupted;
undefiled,
undepraved†,
undebauched†;
integer vitae scelerisque purus [Lat.]
[Horace];
justus et tenax propositi [Lat.]
[Horace].
chivalrous,
jealous of honor,
sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.];
high-spirited.
supramundane†,
unworldly,
other-worldly,
overscrupulous†.
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Roget 743:
obedient;
complying,
compliant;
loyal,
faithful,
devoted;
at one's call,
at one's command,
at one's orders,
at one's beck and call;
under beck and call,
under control.
restrainable;
resigned,
passive;
submissive
etc.
725;
henpecked;
pliant
etc.
(soft)
324.
unresisted†.
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Roget 987:
pious,
religious,
devout,
devoted,
reverent,
godly,
heavenly-minded,
humble,
pure,
holy,
spiritual,
pietistic;
saintly,
saint-like;
seraphic,
sacred,
solemn.
believing,
faithful,
Christian,
Catholic.
elected,
adopted,
justified,
sanctified,
regenerated,
inspired,
consecrated,
converted,
unearthly,
not of the earth.
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Roget 772:
observant,
faithful,
true,
loyal;
honorable
etc.
939;
true as the dial to the sun,
true as the needle to the pole;
punctual,
punctilious;
literal
etc.
(exact)
494;
as good as one's word.
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Polish: lojalny, wierny
2 faithful
Marked by fidelity to an original:
— A faithful copy of the portrait.
— A faithful rendering of the observed facts.
synonym: close.
Roget 494:
real,
actual
etc.
(existing)
1;
veritable,
true;
right,
correct;
certain
etc.
474;
substantially true,
categorically true,
definitively true
&c.;
true to the letter,
true as gospel;
unimpeachable;
veracious
etc.
543;
unreconfuted†,
unconfuted†;
unideal†,
unimagined;
realistic.
exact,
accurate,
definite,
precise,
well-defined,
just,
just so,
so;
strict,
severe;
close
etc.
(similar)
17;
literal;
rigid,
rigorous;
scrupulous
etc.
(conscientious)
939;
religiously exact,
punctual,
mathematical,
scientific;
faithful,
constant,
unerring;
curious,
particular,
nice,
delicate,
fine;
clean-cut,
clear-cut.
verified,
empirically true,
experimentally verified,
substantiated,
proven
(demonstrated)
478.
rigorously true,
unquestionably true.
true by definition.
genuine,
authentic,
legitimate;
orthodox
etc.
983.1;
official,
ex officio.
pure,
natural,
sound,
sterling;
unsophisticated,
unadulterated,
unvarnished,
unalloyed,
uncolored;
in its true colors;
pukka†.
well-grounded,
well founded;
solid,
substantial,
tangible,
valid;
undistorted,
undisguised;
unaffected,
unexaggerated,
unromantic,
unflattering.
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Roget 21:
faithful;
lifelike
etc.
(similar)
17;
close,
conscientious.
unoriginal,
imitative,
derivative.
Roget 17:
similar;
resembling
etc.
v.;
like,
alike;
twin.
analogous,
analogical;
parallel,
of a piece [Fr.];
such as,
so;
homoiousian†.
connatural†,
congener,
allied to;
akin to
etc.
(consanguineous)
11.
approximate,
much the same,
near,
close,
something like,
sort of,
in the ballpark,
such like;
a show of;
mock,
pseudo,
simulating,
representing.
exact
etc.
(true)
494;
lifelike,
faithful;
true to nature,
true to life,
the very image,
the very picture of;
for all the world like,
comme deux gouttes d'eau [Fr.];
as like as two peas in a pod,
as like as it can stare;
instar omnium [Lat.],
cast in the same mold,
ridiculously like.
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3 faithful
Not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend.
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