faithfulness (fathfulnes)

[ =Syn. Constancy, Fidelity, etc. See firmne . faith-healer (fath'he ler), n. One who practises the faith-cure. All faith - healers should report as do our hospitals. The Century , XXXI. 276. faith-healing (fath'hē"ling), n. Faith-cure. That there is really such a thing as Faith Healing appears to my judgment a fact beyond dispute. F. P. Cobbe , Contemporary Rev., LI. 794. faithle (fath'les), a. [ faith + -le .] 1. Without faith or belief; not giving credit; unbelieving; especially, without religious faith or faith in the Christian religion; skeptical. O faithle and perverse generation, how long shall I be Mat. xvii. 17. with you? how long shall I suffer you? And never dare misfortune cro her foot, Unle she do it under this excuse - That she is i ue to a faithle Jew. Shak., M. of V., ii. 4. Ring out the want, the care, the sin, The faithle coldne of the times. Tennyson, In Memoriam, evi. IMG:content-1038.png:[blocks in formation]