fairy pavement

One of the cubes used in Roman pavements. fairy-purses, s . pl . Bot.: A kind of fungus like a cup, or old fashioned purse, with small objects inside; probably Nidularia campanulata . ( Britten & Holland .) fairy-queen, s. The queen of the fairies. ruth, wealth, health, . ( Skeat.)] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language : in Christ Jesus; every established form of religion will have its peculiar creed." (2) He thus discriminates betwen faith and fidel ity : "Though derived from the same source, they differ widely in meaning: faith here denotes a mode of action, namely, an acting true to the faith which others repose in us; fidelity , a disposition of the mind to adhere to that faith which others repose in us. We keep our faith , we show our fidelity . Faith is a public concern: it depends upon promises: fidelity is a private or personal concern: it depends upon relationships and connections. A 2. A promise or pledge given; a word of honor. "I have given him my faith , and sworn my allegiance to him."-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. i. 3. Spec .: Α νow of love. "Biron hath plighted faith to me." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, v. 2. 4. Sincerity, honesty, veracity. "Upon whose faith and honor I repose." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona, iv. 3. 5. The a ent of the mind to what is stated or put forward by another; trust or confidence in the veracity or authority of another; firm and earnest belief in the statements or propositions of another on the ground of the manifest truth of that which he utters. "All my honest faith in thee is lost." Shakesp.: Sonnet 152. 6. In the same sense as II. 2. (1). "Even so faith , if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith and I have works; shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." -James ii. 17, 18. 7. That which is believed on any subject in science, politics, or religion; a doctrine or system of doctrines believed in and held; a creed. "Don't you think that some definite faith or other is needed by the world?"- Mallock : New Republic , bk. iii., ch. iii. *8. True love. "Lest faith turn to despair." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , i. 5. 9. Credibility, reliability, trustworthine . ual; for fidelity is due from a subject to a prince, or from a servant to his master, or from married people one to another. No treaty can be made with him who will keep no faith ; no confidence can be placed in him who discovers no fidelity ." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.)