Definitions for Faith

Faith faith

Spelling: [feyth]
IPA: /feɪθ/

Faith is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in Faith (afhit).

Definitions for Faith

noun

  1. confidence or trust in a person or thing:
  2. belief that is not based on proof:
  3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion:
  4. belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc.:
  5. a system of religious belief:
  6. the obligation of loyalty or fidelity to a person, promise, engagement, etc.:
  7. the observance of this obligation; fidelity to one's promise, oath, allegiance, etc.:
  8. Christian Theology. the trust in God and in His promises as made through Christ and the Scriptures by which humans are justified or saved.
  9. a female given name.

Idioms

  1. in faith, in truth; indeed:

Origin of Faith

1200-50; Middle English feith Anglo-French fed, Old French feid, feit Latin fidem, accusative of fidēs trust, akin to fīdere to trust. See confide

Examples for Faith

And he was both to batter it down, for he still had the gambler's faith in his luck.

An atheist counsels his fellow non-believers on how not to talk to people of faith.

One might have been a model for the seraphs of Christian faith, the other an Olympian deity.

Charlie ridiculed my faith and culture and I died defending his right to do so.

He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.

After the screening, Jolie, who says she renewed her faith in “the divine” during filming, met briefly with the pope.

Yet in the Protectionist dispensation, this has become an article of faith.

The comedian responded to the deadly attack on a French satirical magazine by renewing his recent criticisms of the Islamic faith.

The city-pent, as we have intimated, must take this season largely on faith.

Have faith in me for a week, mother, and see if I don't earn something in that time.

Word Value for Faith
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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