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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
faithful
    adj 1: 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"
           [ant: unfaithful]
    2: marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a
       faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the
       observed facts" [syn: close, faithful]
    3: not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband
       or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained
       faithful to his wife" [ant: unfaithful]
    n 1: any loyal and steadfast following
    2: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually
       attend a given church [syn: congregation, fold,
       faithful]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Faithful \Faith"ful\, a.
   1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe,
      especially in the declarations and promises of God.
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            You are not faithful, sir.            --B. Jonson.
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   2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties,
      or other engagements.
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            The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy
            with them that love him.              --Deut. vii.
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   3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person
      to whom one is bound by a vow, by 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.
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            So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found,
            Among the faithless, faithful only he. --Milton.
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   4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot
      fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or
      representation.
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            It is a faithful saying.              --2 Tim. ii.
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   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"ful*ly, adv. -Faith"ful*ness,
        n.
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3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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.).
   

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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