Index of English words, starting with "fa"

(1) - Fairylike (a.) Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as, fairylike music.

(1) - Faith (interj.) By my faith; in truth; verily.
(2) - Faith (n.) Credibility or truth.
(3) - Faith (n.) Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith.
(4) - Faith (n.) Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.
(5) - Faith (n.) That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.
(6) - Faith (n.) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith.
(7) - Faith (n.) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith.
(8) - Faith (n.) The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth.
(9) - Faith (n.) Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony.

(1) - Faithful (a.) Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.
(2) - Faithful (a.) 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.
(3) - Faithful (a.) Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.
(4) - Faithful (a.) Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.