Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Faithful"

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.).

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"ful*ly}, adv. -{Faith"ful*ness},
n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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}]
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}]


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